Belgrano (Buenos Aires)

Belgrano is one of the districts of the town of Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine. It is one of the most important shopping malls of the city (with downtown area and the district of Flora). It counts some 140 000 inhabitants. In its history Belgrano was initially a village, then a city; it was even temporarily federal capital of the country to become again a district of the large city.

Figures

Population: 138.942 inhabitants (with the census of 2001).
Surface: 6,8 km ².
Density: 20.432 hab/km ².

The day of the district of Belgrano is the November 23rd

History

When the June 20th 1820 died Manuel Belgrano, lawyer, general, national hero and creator of the Flag of Argentina, the Room of the Representatives of the province of Buenos Aires decided that the next village which would be founded would call Belgrano. After the long bracket due to the government of Manual Juan of Rosas, in 1855 a small agglomeration was created in the extreme north of the grounds of Rosas, and it was called Belgrano. Thanks to its good situation, the village grows quickly, and was declared city in a few years, during the creation of the partido of Belgrano

In 1880, after the defeat of Carlos Tejedor, governor of the province, at the time of the presidential elections vis-a-vis Julio Argentino Roca, the province of Buenos Aires unilaterally decided to drive out the national authorities of the town of Buenos Aires, which functioned hitherto like capital as well of the province as of the country. It was the beginning of the last episode of the civil wars which marked the XIXe Argentinian century. Driven out, the federal government settled then in the town of Belgrano, in the building of municipality (current Sarmiento Museum), from where one enacted the law of federalisation of the town of Buenos Aires. After the end of the hostilities, the city returned from there to its daily humdrum routine, until in 1887 a new national law annexed the partidos of Belgrano and of Flora with the Federal capital. Since then, Belgrano, which was a city, became the district of another city.

Description

Belgrano is a district of the middle class and high, of great commercial importance. It is subdivided in several sectors, among which one can mention:

Belgrano C : who occupies the places of origin of the village. It is the retail park today (some say that the letter C comes from the commercial word or central , but it makes some comes from the name of the station of railroad which belonged to the company Ferrocarril Central Argentino and the C of exchange gave him its name). Around Manual Plaza Belgrano, center of the village, are the Sarmiento museums (old municipality or intendencia ), and the church of the Inmaculada Concepción (popularly called the iglesia redonda (round church) or Redonda (the round), because of its style " renaissance"). The Avenida Cabildo is the commercial main artery, with trade of all kinds. The construction of this zone is all in height, with prevalence of buildings of more than 15 stages. Here are the Barrancas de Belgrano, a public park on the hurdy-gurdy bank of the Río of Plata, which is a traditoionnelle walk.

Belgrano R : in the west of the retail park, is a high level residential surface social, where one finds some of the best private colleges of Argentina. Surrounded by low and expensive villas, its main streets are Calle the Pampa , Calle Melián and Avenida Forest . The name of Belgrano R comes from the station of the railroad of ''' R ''' osario.

the Bajo Belgrano : this zone which is below the Barrancas de Belgrano and which extends to the river, was easily flooded in the past, and thus the grounds had little value there. She was thus inhabited by the lower-income group. It created for itself there famous a villa miseria or villa of emergencia of the name of Bajo Belgrano. The first government of Juan Perón surrounded it by a wall. It was removed definitively by the military dictatorship of the years 1970, when its inhabitants were forced to leave. It was initially a zone of low houses. However one made large embankments to gain grounds on the river, for the construction of the university residence, beside this one. The zone ceased being easily flooded and the grounds were developed of as much, so that currently rise here high level houses and apartments.

the Chinese District : in the last decades, with the increase in Asian immigration, was formed on a few hectares between the avenues Avenida del Libertador , Juramento , Monroe and the ways of the railroad, a sector inhabited by a great number of people of this origin, who created good number of clean trade.

Architectural styles

From the end of the XIXe century and to the years 1970, this district was characterized (just as Palermo, Recoleta and also Caballito) by its pretty urbanization in which one found luxurious gentilhommières and large residences surrounded by foliations and trees, the whole forming a great urban inheritance. Let us quote the small palace of Gowland Moreno and that called Delcasse, more known under the name of " Del Ángel" Put;. The prevalent styles were eclectic, with especially elements of French or English architecture (styles: " normand" , " Anne" queen; , " Tudor" and " neo-classic français" including " Art nouveau " and some contributions d'" Art déco). All that formed an extremely harmonious and very successful synthesis.

From the years 1960-70, one built a great number of average or high buildings, with services and conveniences (sporting swimming pools, installations) for the residents.

Subway

One can reach the district of Belgrano by the line of the subway or '' subte '' of the city, thanks to the station " Juramento" , or with that of " Congreso de Tucumán".

External bonds

Images by satellite of Plaza de Belgrano and the church of the " Redonda"

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