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The Mariano Moreno National Library (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno) is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires . The library is named after Mariano Moreno , one of the ideologists of the May Revolution [ 2 ] and its first director.
El Ateneo Grand Splendid is a bookshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2008, The Guardian placed it as the second most beautiful bookshop in the world. [ 1 ] In 2019, it was named the "world's most beautiful bookstore" by the National Geographic .
On September 13, 1810, the Primera Junta created the Public Library of Buenos Aires, being the Cabildo its first location for two years. [8] Nevertheless the institution that worked for longer in that building was the Buenos Aires prison, from 1608 to 1877, when their prisoners were transferred to the missing national penitentiary of Las Heras ...
Southwestward view of Recoleta in 2014, overlooking Floralis Genérica and the National Library.. The Recoleta neighborhood is composed of the area limited by Montevideo and Uruguay Streets, Córdoba Avenue, Mario Bravo and Coronel Díaz Streets, Las Heras Avenue, Tagle Street, the F.G.B.M railway, Jerónimo Salguero Street, and by the Río de La Plata or River Plate.
The Buenos Aires Historic Tramway is one of the most treasured gems of Buenos Aires' historical and cultural heritage. This beautiful vehicle, which has been meticulously restored and preserved, is a true moving work of art that allows visitors to travel back in time and relive the golden era of trams in the city.
Alberto Manguel OC FRSL (born March 13, 1948, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Canadian anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, editor, and a former director of the National Library of Argentina. He is a cosmopolitan and polyglot scholar, speaking English, Spanish, German, and French fluently, and also Italian and Portuguese at a very ...
Teatro Politeama (Buenos Aires) (theatre) opens. [15] Rivadavia Library founded. [6] 1880 - City separated from Buenos Aires Province; Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires established. 1882 Once railway station opens. National Theatre built. [8] South American Continental Exhibition held. [16] 1887 Belgrano and Flores become part of city. [1]
The General Archive of the Nation (Spanish: Archivo General de la Nación, AGN) are the national archives of Argentina.It is a body under the Secretariat of the Interior, which aims to collect, order and keep the documentation that the law entrusts to it, to spread knowledge of the sources of Argentine history.