Monserrat, Buenos Aires

Monserrat
Clockwise from top: the Plaza de Mayo, the Cabildo, South Diagonal and Casa Rosada.
Clockwise from top: the Plaza de Mayo, the Cabildo, South Diagonal and Casa Rosada.
Official logo of Monserrat
Location of Montserrat within Buenos Aires
Location of Montserrat within Buenos Aires
CountryArgentina
Autonomous CityBuenos Aires
ComunaC1
Important sitesCity Hall
City Legislature
Buenos Aires Cabildo
Café Tortoni
Casa Rosada
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires
Jesuit Temple of St. Ignatius and college
Plaza de Mayo
Equestrian monument to General Manuel Belgrano
Area
 • Total
2.2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
43,560
 • Density20,000/km2 (51,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

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), among others.

Buenos Aires City Legislature. The Monserrat area houses much of the city's (and Argentina's) governmental structure.
Mariano Moreno Plaza, near Congress
Pasaje La Rural (Rodolfo Rivarola)

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.

  1. ^ "The emblems of the 48 barrios of Buenos Aires were presented" (Spanish) by ámbito.com August 29, 2011
  2. ^ "Map of Monserrat – City Government of Buenos Aires".
  3. ^ "Montserrat". Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-12.


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