Colegiales

Colegiales is a district in the north of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, located between the avenues Alvarez Thomas, Forest, De los Incas, Virrey del Pino, Cabildo, Jorge Newbery, Crámer and Dorrego. The district is approximately 2.3 square kilometers and has 57,000 inhabitants (as of 2001).

History

The story of Colegiales is the same as that of the neighborhood Chacarita, because the area was originally called Chacarita de los Colegiales. Its name comes by the Jesuits, who with her students went on trips there. When these were sold in 1767, the country went back to the Spanish king. Under the government of Bernardino Rivadavia, Argentina experienced a golden age, workers and European immigrants settled there and it created the cities and Chacarita Colegiales.

Tourism

Colegiales is one of the smaller districts of Buenos Aires and is intersected by the Avenida Federico Lacroze, the main shopping street of the neighborhood. A contrast offers the Avenida Alvarez Thomas with its terraced houses on one side and blocks of flats on the other side of the street. It is also the district border to Chacarita. The General Paz Park attracts with its ancient trees, streams and a patio in the Andalusian style many visitors. The Plaza Colegiales is known for her works of art, which were by the Argentine artist Joaquin Lavado, better known as Quino, donated. Colegiales is also one of the greenest neighborhoods.

Cultural Life

A popular meeting place for the inhabitants of the district was the " Club Social y Deportivo Colegiales " where was Roberto " Polaco " Goyeneche tango concerts decades ago. In the district, there was also the first cinema ( " Las Familias " ) of Buenos Aires. However Popular was the cinema " Argos ", which also had a theater, a meeting room and a dance hall. Unfortunately, there are these institutions no longer, they were either closed or moved to the easternmost Belgrano. One finds in Colegiales numerous cafes that are more reminiscent of billiard halls and attract revelers. The best known is certainly the " Cafe Argos " at the intersection of Avenidas Federico Lacroze and Alvarez Thomas. On the Dorrego street former grain silo has been converted into expensive lofts, which are inhabited by high earners in the city. Until 1988 there was also the popular Dorrego weekly market on the corner of Avenidas Alvarez Thomas and Dorrego, where Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and Japanese -born Argentine food offered. Today it is the largest flea market in the city takes place, where you will find everything from African crafts to Chinese porcelain.