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- Cabildo de Buenos Aires8 days agoIn Monserrat
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as Proscripción del peronismo: decree-law 4161/56 of the Libertadora banned the words peronismo, peronista, justicialismo and the name of Perón. The de facto gover
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as Revolución Libertadora: the coup began on 16 September 1955 and overthrew Perón; General Lonardi took power on 23 September and was removed by Aramburu on 13 No
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as Bombardeo de 1955: the first bomb destroyed the Casa Rosada's winter garden, replaced afterwards by offices; a memorial to the victims stands near Plaza Colón.
- Plaza de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Bombardeo de la Plaza de Mayo: on 16 June 1955 navy and air force rebels bombed the square, the Casa Rosada and the CGT building in central Buenos Aires, with m
- Plaza de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Golpe de 1930: Uriburu's de facto government took its oath on the balconies of the Casa de Gobierno before a crowd that filled the Plaza de Mayo.
- Plaza de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Atentado del 15 de abril de 1953: two bombs exploded in the Plaza de Mayo during a CGT rally, one of the political violence episodes of the Peronist decade.
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as Primer peronismo: Perón won the February 1946 election with 55% of the vote and governed to 1955, promoting social and labour rights; Eva Perón's Fundación (194
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as 17 de octubre de 1945, discurso: at 23:10 Perón spoke to the crowd from a balcony of the Casa Rosada, announced his retirement from the army and asked the crowd
- Plaza de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as 17 de octubre de 1945: workers from La Boca, Barracas and other barrios, with the Riachuelo bridges raised against them, converged on the Plaza de Mayo demandin
- Avenida 9 de Julio8 days agoDescribed as Construcción de la Avenida 9 de Julio: proposed in 1889–90, expropriations approved by law in 1912, works began in 1937 with whole blocks demolished. President
- Avenida 9 de Julio8 days agoOpen from 1937-10-12
- Avenida 9 de Julio8 days agoIn Buenos Aires
- Obelisco de Buenos Aires8 days agoDescribed as Inauguración del Obelisco: built in about 60 days from 20 March 1936 and inaugurated on 23 May for the 400th anniversary of the first founding of Buenos Aires,
- Obelisco de Buenos Aires8 days agoOpen from 1936-05-23
- Casa Rosada8 days agoDescribed as Golpe de 1930: on 6 September 1930 cadets of the Colegio Militar marched to the Casa Rosada, crossing the city with little resistance, and General José Félix Ur
- Casa Rosada8 days agoIn Monserrat
- Plaza Miserere (Once)8 days agoDescribed as Pogromo de la Semana Trágica: the violence of January 1919 included the only recorded pogrom in the Americas, centred on the Once neighbourhood, and attacks on
- Talleres Vasena8 days agoDescribed as Semana Trágica: on 7 January 1919 police and firemen fired about two thousand shots at the union hall linked to the strike, killing at least five. After the fun
- Talleres Vasena8 days agoDescribed as Huelga de Vasena: a strike began on 2 December 1918 at the Talleres Vasena metalworks (factory in San Cristóbal, depots in Nueva Pompeya). It lasted 43 days and
- Plaza de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Centenario de 1910: the festivities for the 100th anniversary of the Revolución de Mayo began on 21 May 1910 and peaked on 25 May, with the Infanta Isabel as gu
- Teatro Colón8 days agoDescribed as Centenario de 1910: during the centenary celebrations of the Revolución de Mayo, the new Teatro Colón hosted a great opera gala on 24 May 1910 (Rigoletto, with
- Teatro Colón8 days agoIn Buenos Aires
- Línea A del Subte (estación Plaza de Mayo)8 days agoDescribed as Inauguración del subte: the first underground line, Línea A (then Línea I), opened on 1 December 1913 between Plaza de Mayo and Plaza Miserere (Once), built by
- Línea A del Subte (estación Plaza de Mayo)8 days agoOpen from 1913-12-01
- Línea A del Subte (estación Plaza de Mayo)8 days agoIn Monserrat
- Avenida de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Avenida de Mayo y el tango: a centre of cafés, theatres and associations. Carlos Gardel signed his first record contract at the Casa Tagini in 1912, and the Caf
- Avenida de Mayo8 days agoDescribed as Inauguración de la Avenida de Mayo: opened on 9 July 1894 as a boulevard of about ten blocks joining Plaza de Mayo and Plaza del Congreso, a project pushed by i
- Avenida de Mayo8 days agoOpen from 1894-07-09
- Avenida de Mayo8 days agoIn Monserrat