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The Puente de la Mujer (Spanish for " Woman's Bridge ") is a rotating footbridge for Dock 3 of the Puerto Madero commercial district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is of the cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge type and is also a swing bridge, but somewhat unusual in its asymmetrical arrangement. It has a single mast with cables suspending a ...
San Beda started as an all-boys grade school in Manila and given the name El Colegio de San Beda. It has since expanded to a full university with both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs. The institution was given university status on February 6, 2018, making it the only Benedictine university found in the Asia-Pacific region.
San Beda returned in 1986 The Red Lions made it to the Finals in 1991, only to be thwarted by Benny Cheng's game winner for the Mapua Cardinals. [6] They made another Finals appearance in 1996, this time against the undefeated four-time defending champions San Sebastian Stags but lost. [ 7 ]
Geography. Located in the northern area of Gran Buenos Aires, San Fernando is composed of two clearly differentiated areas: a densely populated mainland section, with predominance of industrial, commercial and service areas; and a section of Islands of the Paraná Delta of 950 km 2 (370 sq mi). It is the nautical capital of Argentina. Mitre Square.
National Historic Monument of Argentina. Designated. 1933. The Cabildo of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Cabildo de Buenos Aires) is the public building in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was used as a seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. [ 5 ]
Monserrat[2] or Montserrat[3][b] (pronounced [monseˈrat]) is a neighbourhood in the east of the Buenos Aires CBD. The district features some of the most important public buildings in Buenos Aires, including city hall, the city legislature, Casa Rosada, the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and the Libertador Building (Ministry of Defense ...
The oft-used expression mi Buenos Aires querido ("my beloved Buenos Aires") is the name of both a song popularized by tango singer Carlos Gardel and an eponymous movie. Because of its European influence, the city is sometimes referred to as "The Paris of America". Sometimes, the importance of Buenos Aires is perceived as casting a heavy shadow ...
1580 – Second foundation of the city around fort built by Juan de Garay. [ 1 ] 1591 – Dominican monastery established. [ 2 ] 1604 – San Francisco monastery established. [ 2 ] 1611 – Men's Hospital founded. [ 2 ] 1620 – Town becomes capital of Buenos Aires Province.