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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Buenos Aires

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ID 314 Embajada del Reino Unido 5454
ID 314 Embajada del Reino Unido 5454

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Buenos Aires is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Argentina. The Embassy also represents the British Overseas Territories in Argentina. It is located on Dr Luís Agote street in the Recoleta neighbourhood. The current British Ambassador to Argentina is Mark Kent.There were previously British Consulates in the cities of Rosario, La Plata, Bahia Blanca, Santa Fe and Mendoza.Due to the turbulent nature of Argentina–United Kingdom relations, the Embassy has frequently been the site of protests against the actions of the UK government, particularly over the Falkland Islands, over which Argentina claims sovereignty.

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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Buenos Aires
Newton, Buenos Aires Recoleta (Comuna 2)

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N -34.585 ° E -58.3961 °
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Newton 2575
C1128ACJ Buenos Aires, Recoleta (Comuna 2)
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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ID 314 Embajada del Reino Unido 5454
ID 314 Embajada del Reino Unido 5454
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Plaza Francia, Buenos Aires
Plaza Francia, Buenos Aires

Plaza Francia (Spanish: "France Square") is a public square in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The nearby Plaza Intendente Alvear is commonly but mistakenly known by the same name. It was created by a Municipal Ordinance on October 19, 1909, as part of the changes introduced in the urban landscape on the occasion of the Argentina Centennial. Designed by French landscape architecture Carlos Thays, it is part of a broad set of squares including Plaza Intendente Alvear, Plaza San Martín de Tours, Plaza Juan XXIII, Plaza Ramón J. Cárcano, Plaza Dante and Plaza Rubén Darío, among others.The square is dominated by Émile Peynot's Monument of France to Argentina, inaugurated in 1910 and gifted by the French community on the occasion of the Centennial. Its four bas-reliefs in bronze evoke central facts of the history of both countries: the Primera Junta and the Crossing of the Andes for Argentina, and the Storming of the Bastille and Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen for France. The two female figures that crown the monument symbolize Argentina and France, guided by an angel that personifies Glory. The monument also features plaques that commemorate personalities of French origin: grenadier Domingo Porteau, who died during the Battle of San Lorenzo in the Argentine War of Independence, and writer Émile Zola. A monument to Louis Braille within Plaza Francia was inaugurated in 1977.