Plata is a city Argentine, capital of the province of Buenos Aires, founded the November 19th 1882 by that which was at that time the governor of the province. It is with 60 kilometers in the south-east of the town of Buenos Aires. It is also the seat of a Archevêché.
In 2001, according to the INDEC, it counted 574 369 inhabitants. The same year, the agglomeration of large Plata counted 729 of it; 221.
Situation
It is to 60 km in the south-east of the town of Buenos Aires, not far from southern bank of the Río of Plata. The city is also the chief town of the partido of Plata in which it is located. Its geographical coordinates are.
History
The city of Plata was founded the November 19th 1882 by the governor of the time, certain Dardo Rocha. Its foundation was the consequence of the absence of capital of the province of Buenos Aires, following the federalisation of the city of Buenos Aires (which was provincial capital), which starting from 1880 became the official capital of the Republic Argentine. In 1952, after the death of Eva Perón, the city was renamed Ciudad Eva Perón , but its original name was restored to him after the military coup d'etat of 1955, autodénommé Révolution liberator , which reversed the elected government of Juan Domingo Perón.
Description
The ground on which the city was built, was known until in 1882 like Las Lomas of Ensenada or Lomas de Ensenada (Hills of the Handle), and traversed south-west in the North-East by the small river (channeled today in tubes) called Arroyo del Gato (Brook of the Cat).
The plan of the city, conceived by the architect Pedro Benoit, is characterized by a strict quadrangular scheduling with many avenues and diagonals. With the intersection of the most important diagonals, which cross all the city and which cross in the center or Plaza Moreno, are the municipality and imposing the cathedral. This one, located in the street 14 between the avenue 51 and avenue 53, is of style Néo-gothique. Its two turns of 117 meters, were completed only in 1999 (as comparison the turns of Notre-Dame de Paris make 84 meters, and the arrow of the Turn-lantern of the cathedral of Rouen reaches 151 meters).
All the six streets is an avenue, and each crossing of avenues is arranged in one of the many places or parks of the city. All the streets and avenues are planted of a particular species of tree which characterizes it. In fact the Tilleul S became the typical species of the city, so much so that this one was called " city of the limes and the diagonales". In spite of the beauty of its architecture and the great quantity of green areas, the public life unfortunately remained poor and not very transparent.
Instruction and culture
The city counts several universities, among which it is necessary to mention the Universidad Nacional of Plata or UNLP , one of most important of Argentina. So the city attracts students of all the country — and also from abroad, especially these last years, being given the Argentinian cost of living very modéré— , giving to the city a rich person cultural life turned towards youth.
Curiosities
Among curiosities of the city, it is necessary to underline Museo of Plata (Museum of Plata), the building of the seat of the Government (Gobernación), the Parliament of the province (Legislatura Provincial), the new Argentinian Theater (Teatro Argentino) and the hippodrome. The majority of these beautiful buildings were built at the same time, at the time of the foundation of the city, which confers a remarkable architectural unit to him. One practiced at the time an international call of proposals. One with the practice to call them " edificios fundacionales" (buildings of the foundation) and the majority of them are in l'" eje fundacional" (axis fondationnel), which is the districts or blocks located between avenues 51 and 53. Architecturalement, large the cathedral Néogothique called Colorada (Red) is distinguished particularly, as well as the old central station of the railroads.
The city is a very green city. Its larger park, called " el Bosque" (wood), a splendid meeting place and of relaxation to the free air constitutes, with its lake, its amphitheater Martín Fierro, its beautiful zoological garden of style victorien, with also its astronomical observatory, and its Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Museum of the Natural science) depend on national university UNLP, with its famous collections.
Other attractions are located around large the " Park Pereyra Iraola" and what is called the República of los Niños or " Republic of Enfants" , one, Walt Disney say would have been inspired to build by after Disneyland.
Access roads from Buenos Aires
Plata is connected to the federal capital by the railroad " General Roca" , conceded today, and by the good trunk road 1 or autopista Ricardo Balbín , 60 km length, which makes the communications very easy between their inhabitants.
The port of Plata
Apart from the plan of origin of Plata, with few kilometers in the North-East is it Puerto of Plata , which extends towards the Río from Plata by Río Santiago rectified and channeled. The construction of this port involved a large investment at the end of the XIXe century and at the beginning of XXe. There unfortunately remained under-utilized.
Religion
The city is the seat of important a Archevêché.
See also: Cathedral of Plata
Twinnings
Homonymy
Plata also indicated Sucre, the Bolivian capital, until 1839.
External bonds
- Site of the municipality of Plata
- the foundation of Plata (by Jose María Rosa)
- Google Maps (satellite Chart of Plata and surroundings)
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