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In the heart of Buenos Aires
Posada Palermo is located
in the heart of one of the most traditional and fashionable districts of
the cosmopolitan Buenos Aires.
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In the heart of
Buenos Aires
On Jerónimo Salguero St. - only 5 blocks
of the subway station "Bulnes" of D Line (that will take
you from "Catedral" Station to "Congreso de Tucuman"
Station, 32
lines of buses- taxis, radiotaxis or remises. Posada
Palermo offers the possibility of being close to everything. |
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Subway route map |
Click on the map to have see a bigger pic of Buenos
Aires' network of Subways. The yellow point is our location.
Metrovias website for more information about traveling in
the Subways.
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try comoviajo.com
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telexplorer |
Palermo district
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For some, Palermo automatically evokes famous Argentinean
writer, Jorge Luis Borges. One of the most reknown writers
It is also the district where, right now, you can find the hip of
Buenos Aires: bars, restaurants, businesses whose architecture shows
the new trends of design.
Palermo is a district that's full of surprises,
even for its neighbours: the guides of Palermo need a constant renewal.
That's the reason behind all the names it has: Palermo Viejo, Palermo
Hollywood, Palermo Soho. All suit it but no one describes the whole
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Every day something new appears, without
losing the charm of its traditional houses, usually recycled as houses
for an urban population, demanding in its tastes and ready to show off
the contrast of new and old.
Plaza
Güemes, half a block away from Posada Palermo, was one
of the more related sites to old Palermo, which grew on the side of Maldonado
stream and marked the city limits in those times.
A limit which Borges called "the borders", meaning that beyond
thaty limit you would find the countryside.
District of "compadritos" and
lady's men; the famous reiversiders"orilleros", card players
and very good at using the knife -as police history has revealed; showing
that, around here, cuts were rarely saved.
Plaza Güemes and it History
In order for you to get an idea of the area, here's a piece of the history,
the magic and the poetry which surrounds Posada Palermo.
Actually Plaza Güemes. |
Originally, Palermo was a typically
Italian neighborhood; beginning in 1880, a large number of immigrants
came to Buenos Aires, entire neighborhoods were occupied by foreign
communities, who maintained their traditions and culture. In Palermo's
case, it was the Italians from Calabria who organized in religious
groups, such as San Roque, which, starting in 1893 carried out Services
at Plaza Guemes, as a group activity for mutual solidarity in a
somewhat hostile environment.
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Around 1900, 'Our Lady of Guadalupe' Chapel,
located across the street from Plaza Guemes, became too small to hold
the number of worshippers who
attended the religious ceremonies, forcing many to stay in the outdoor
lobby and even outside the church. In this manner the Congregation of
the Divine
Word, that was in charge of the chapel started the construction of La
Basilica del Espiritu Santo, one of buildings that define the area.
Basílica
del Espíritu Santo. 1907 |
Officially opened in 1907, it typical
of the romantic style, which lacks outside ornamentation and whose
walls give it a strong, solid aspect. On both sides, it has two
towers with cone shaped tops. These towers were higher than any
of the houses of the neighborhood at the time that they were built.
In its interior, there is a preponderance of romantic style decorations
and the materials used are mostly European. The columns are of black
granite and come from Austria, the floor tile came from Germany
and the stained glass was French.
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Basílica
del Espíritu Santo. 2001 |
The design of the streets around this part
of Palermo is somewhat irregular. Leaving the plaza, on Jeronimo Salguero
street, almost across from our Bed and Breakfast, we'll find Pasaje del
Signo, only one block long. The origin of the Pasajes is generally found
in internal streets of the old properties of the region, which when divided
in lots, became property on all and none. In the case of this particular
street, it may have been an arm of a lagoon that once occupied the lots
near the Plaza.
A few meters away, the front of Posada
Palermo, stands out as one of the last exponents in the area of an architectural
style, typical of Buenos Aires, la
"casa chorizo".
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Posada Palermo B&B
1655 J. Salguero Street, between Soler and Paraguay (CP1425) Buenos Aires
- Argentina
Phone:
+54-11-48 26 87 92
+54-11-48 24 71 34
e-mail
info@posadapalermo.com
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