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Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an avenue in the Roma district of Mexico City, divided by a park median along which fountains are located with characters from Roman and Greek mythology. [ 1 ] There was a well known street market of art and antiques along the median, but this was eliminated in 2012. [ 2 ]
The second presidency of Augusto B. Leguía (1919–1930) was carried out under Leguía's so-called New Motherland policy, a so-called "re-birth" of the country. [1] With a large number of foreign investments pouring into the country and the centennial of the Independence of Peru taking place in 1921, Leguía carried out a massive transformation programme of the city of Lima.
Brazil Avenue (Spanish: Avenida Brasil), formerly known as Magdalena [1] or Piérola, [2] is a major avenue in Lima, Peru. It crosses the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Pueblo Libre, and Magdalena del Mar. It has a total length of forty-two city blocks. [3]
Block 1: Juan de la Coba, after the man of the same name who lived there in the 17th century. [3] Block 2: Trapitos, for reasons not known. [4] Block 3: Compás de la Concepción, after the part of the convent of the same name not yet built, known as a compás. [5] Block 4: Cascarilla, after the antifebrifuge bark of the same name sold by the ...
Avenida República de Corea (lit. ' Republic of Korea Avenue '; Korean: 대한민국로) is a major avenue in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. It was previously named Avenida 7 (lit. ' Avenue 7 '), but was renamed in honor of South Korea in 2017. [1] The local government unanimously approved the new name for the avenue on 19 August of that year. [2]
Avenida de los Insurgentes (English: Avenue of the Insurgents), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of 28.8 km (17.9 mi) on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the early 20th century known as the Via del Centenario which ran from city centre to ...
Avenida 28 de Julio Petit Thouars Avenue ( Spanish : Avenida Petit Thouars ) is a major avenue in Lima , Peru . Starting in its intersection with Ricardo Palma Avenue, it crosses vertically through Miraflores , and continues through the districts of Lince , San Isidro and Lima , through its southern neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz , until it ...
Avenida Ámsterdam (Amsterdam Avenue) is located in Colonia Hipódromo (Racetrack Colony) in the area known as "la Condesa" (the countess) in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City. The avenue is elliptical and edges Parque Mexico , including a central pedestrian area and roundabouts named for the main peaks of Mexico: Popocatepetl , Iztaccihuatl and ...