place

Monserrat, Buenos Aires

Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
Monserrat montage
Monserrat montage

Monserrat or Montserrat (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), among others. Avenida de Mayo runs through the Monserrat district, connecting Plaza de Mayo and the Plaza de los Dos Congresos (Congressional Plaza). A block, or two, south of the Plaza de Mayo, the older section of Monserrat begins. This is Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood and even today, very little of the cityscape there is less than a hundred years old (except along Belgrano Avenue), thereby making a nearly seamless transition to the likewise historic San Telmo district, to the south.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Monserrat, Buenos Aires (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Monserrat, Buenos Aires
Salta, Buenos Aires Monserrat (Comuna 1)

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Monserrat, Buenos AiresContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N -34.6125 ° E -58.383333333333 °
placeShow on map

Address

Salta 331
C1074 Buenos Aires, Monserrat (Comuna 1)
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
mapOpen on Google Maps

Monserrat montage
Monserrat montage
Share experience

Nearby Places

Ministry of Public Works Building, Buenos Aires
Ministry of Public Works Building, Buenos Aires

The Ministry of Public Works Building (Spanish: Edificio del Ministerio de Obras Públicas), now known as the Ministry of Health Building (Spanish: Edificio del Ministerio de Salud) is a public building in the rationalist style located on the intersection of 9 de Julio Avenue and Belgrano Avenue, in the neighborhood of Monserrat, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On both the north and south walls is a large steel image of María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Evita Perón. Her official portrait faces the south while the image to the north depicts her giving a passionate speech. The installations were created by the Argentinian artist Alejandro Marmo (known mononymously as Marmo) in 2011.Built from 1932 to 1935, the building was designed by Belgrano Alberto Blanco and originally housed the offices of the Ministry of Public Works, which gives it its first and most commonly used name. Its construction was originally suggested by the architect José Hortal to then minister of public works Manuel Alvarado. The building actually preceded the construction of the 9 de Julio Avenue as it is known today by several years. In 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Saúl Menem, the Ministry of Public Works was dissolved and the building was made the new headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Social Action; the two portfolios were separated in later years, but the building still houses both ministries, while the newly restored Public Works ministry is headquartered in the Palace of the Treasury, facing Plaza de Mayo.