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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. [2]
The building was originally built as a Argentinian tango theatre nearly 100 years ago. Six years ago, it was converted into perhaps the grandest and most ornate bookstore in the world.
Buenos Aires was created on 26 June 1914 by Ley 31. [2]The district was originally inhabited by the Boruca natives. The settlement of peoples of Europeans descent began in 1870, when they began building a road from El Guarco to Boruca.
Towards the end of the century, it became clear that a new theatre was needed, and after a 20-year process, the present theatre opened on 25 May 1908, with Giuseppe Verdi's Aïda. The Teatro Colón was visited by the foremost singers and opera companies of the time, who would sometimes go on to other cities including Montevideo , Rio de Janeiro ...
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A map of Buenos Aires Underground lines currently in operation. The Buenos Aires Underground (locally known as subte, from "subterráneo") is a mass-transit network that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Buenos Aires Underground ... with the Madrid Metro opening nearly six years later, in 1919. As of 2023, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with a metro ...
Retiro is a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Underground and is the current terminus. The station is a part of the larger Retiro railway station which connects to the Mitre, San Martín and Belgrano railways, as well as their corresponding commuter rail lines.