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San Telmo

San Telmo is the oldest barrio of , . A well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis, it hosts some of its oldest buildings. One of the birthplaces of tango, during the mid 20th century it was the Bohemian district with painters ateliers and jazz clubs.
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  • Type: Suburb with 20,500 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Also known as: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art and Plaza Dorrego.

Museum
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The , known locally as the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, is a modern art located in the San Telmo district of , .

Park
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is a square located in the heart of San Telmo, in , . In the 19th century, San Telmo was the main residential barrio of the city and was its focal point.

Museum
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The , also known for its acronym MACBA, is an art museum located in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Constitución and Barrio Catalinas Sur.

Suburb
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is a barrio or neighborhood of , , approximately two kilometers south of downtown. The borough is centered on Station and the square of the same name and can be reached by subway, by bus and enjoys easy access by car via 9 de Julio, San Juan and Caseros Avenues, as well as the 25 de Mayo toll road.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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or Montserrat is a neighbourhood in the east of the Buenos Aires CBD. The district features some of the most important public buildings in Buenos Aires, including city hall, the city legislature, , the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and…

San Telmo

Latitude
-34.6214° or 34° 37′ 17″ south
Longitude
-58.37375° or 58° 22′ 26″ west
Population
20,500
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
48Q39JHG+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3625417625
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3428113
Wiki­data ID
Q1026688
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“San Telmo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սան Տելմո”
  • Basque: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
  • Basque: “San Telmo”
  • Chinese: “圣特尔莫”
  • Chinese: “圣特尔莫区”
  • Chinese: “聖特爾莫區”
  • Dutch: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
  • Dutch: “San Telmo”
  • Esperanto: “San Telmo”
  • French: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
  • French: “San Telmo”
  • German: “San Telmo (Buenos Aires)”
  • German: “San Telmo”
  • Hebrew: “סן טלמו”
  • Italian: “San Telmo”
  • Japanese: “サンテルーモ”
  • Latin: “San Telmo”
  • Lithuanian: “San Telmas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Telmo”
  • Norwegian: “San Telmo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “San Telmo”
  • Portuguese: “San Telmo”
  • Romanian: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
  • Russian: “Сан-Тельмо (район Буэнос-Айреса)”
  • Russian: “Сан-Тельмо”
  • Scots: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
  • Scots: “San Telmo”
  • Slovak: “San Telmo”
  • Slovenian: “San Telmo”
  • Spanish: “Barrio de San Telmo”
  • Spanish: “El Alto de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “San Telmo”
  • Swedish: “Barrio San Telmo”
  • Swedish: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
  • Swedish: “San Telmo”
  • Turkish: “San Telmo, Buenos Aires”
  • Turkish: “San Telmo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Telmo”. Photo: Roberto Fiadone, CC BY-SA 4.0.