Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Buenos Aires (/ ˌbweɪnəsˈɛəriːz / or /- ˈaɪrɪs /; [ 12 ]Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes] ⓘ), [ 13 ] officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, [ a ] is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast.
The Plaza de Mayo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplasa ðe ˈmaʝo]; English: May Square) is a city square and the main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo, respectively.
La Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈplata]) is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the 2022 census, the Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabitants. [2] It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata ...
Obelisco de Buenos Aires. The Obelisco de Buenos Aires (Obelisk of Buenos Aires) is a national historic monument and icon of Buenos Aires. Located in the Plaza de la República in the intersection of avenues Corrientes and 9 de Julio, it was erected in 1936 to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first foundation of the city.
The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Virreinato del Río de la Plata or Spanish: Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) [4] [5] meaning "River of the Silver", also called the "Viceroyalty of River Plate" in some scholarly writings, in southern South America, was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of one of the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in ...
Buenos Aires, [ a ] officially the Buenos Aires Province, [ b ] is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880. Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the ...
The Río de la Plata region, particularly Buenos Aires, was a significant site of trade throughout the 17th century. The Crown initially intended Buenos Aires to be a military establishment for the protection of the Potosí mines, but it soon became evident that a settlement large enough to provide military defense would attract trade. The ...
1763 – Anglo-Portuguese invasion, part of the Seven Years' War, repelled by Viceroy Cevallos. 1768 – Merced church built. [ 2 ] 1776 – City becomes capital of Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. [ 1 ] 1778 – "Free trade regulations" in effect.