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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".
Posada Palermo B&B
1655 J. Salguero Street, between Soler and Paraguay (1425) Buenos Aires
- Argentina
Phone:
+54-11-48268792
+54-11-4824-7134
e-mail
info@posadapalermo.com
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