Flores (Buenos Aires)

Location of Flores in Buenos Aires

Flores train station

Centro Cultural Marcó del Pont

Flores is a district in the center of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . It has a good 150,000 inhabitants (as of 2001) on an area of ​​8.1 km² . Flores has been part of Buenos Aires since 1888 and is now a quarter of the middle class.

location

Flores is through the streets of Portela, Cuenca, Av. Gaona, Av. Donato Alvarez, Curapaligüe, Av. Directorio , Av. Carabobo, Av. Castañares, Torres y Tenorio, Av. Riestra, Av. Perito Moreno, Av. Castañares, Lacarra and Av. Luis J. Dellepiane limited.

history

Before Flores was incorporated, then still called San José de Flores, the place was popular with rich city dwellers who maintained country houses there. Some of these houses still exist today, including that of Juan Manuel de Rosas , who was governor of the province of Buenos Aires around 1900.

Among the other well-known residents was the architect Antonio Marcó del Pont , descendant of the former Spanish governor of Chile. He bought a piece of land opposite the Flores train station and built an Italian-style villa on it in 1860. After moving away in 1929, the family sold the property and the house fell into disrepair. It was already destined for demolition when the Junta de Estudios Históricos de San José de Flores (Historical Society of San José de Flores) became aware of the house. In 1978 the house was declared a 'Monumento Histórico Nacional' (National Historic Monument) and restored. Today the Casa de la Cultura de Flores (cultural center) is located there .

The commercial center of the district is around the train station and Avenida Rivadavia . There is also the church of Basílica de San José de Flores , which was inaugurated in 1883.

In addition to Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), the writers Roberto Arlt and Baldomero Fernández Moreno were also among the personalities who were born in the district or who lived there .

A fictional mythology of Flores comes from the author Alejandro Dolina . It bears the title Crónicas del Ángel Gris (Chronicles of the Gray Angel). In the novel The Nights of Flores (2004) by César Aira , the situation of the inhabitants of Flores at the turn of the millennium is described. A famous tango, San José de Flores is about the worries of a man who returns to the barrio after a long absence .

The Pueyrredón Theater was a famous dance hall where the tango singer Edmundo Rivero became famous in the 1930s and which was also often used for performances by Argentine rock bands like Almendra .

In 2004 , excavations were carried out in Plaza Pueyrredón, commonly known as Plaza Flores . Numerous everyday objects from the 19th century were found. Some of these objects are shown in the district town hall on Culpina Street / Avenida Rivadavia.

novel

• César Aira : The nights of Flores (Spanish. Las noches de Flores , 2004), Claassen Verlag, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-546-00445-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on the excavations ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Flores  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• GCBA: Flores
• Barriada: Flores
• map

Coordinates: 34 ° 38 ′  S , 58 ° 28 ′  W