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Torre Monumental

Torre Monumental, formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses, is a clock tower located in the barrio of in , . It is situated in the by Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: clock tower in Buenos Aires
  • Also known as: “La Torre Monumental” and “Torre de los Ingleses”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina and Retiro Mitre railway station.

Park
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is a square located in the barrio of in , . The square is located between the on Avenida Dr.

Railway station
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Retiro-Mitre, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in , . Located in the neighborhood of , it serves as terminal station for the Mitre Line that runs local trains to the northern suburbs of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Photo: Marcos Prack, CC BY 2.0.
The is a residential skyscraper in , , Argentina. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a pinnacle of modernist architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa 31 and San Nicolas.

Quarter
, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria in the area of Buenos Aires, near the .

Quarter
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The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Photo: Roger Schultz, CC BY 2.0.
The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Torre Monumental

Latitude
-34.59218° or 34° 35′ 32″ south
Longitude
-58.37374° or 58° 22′ 26″ west
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Inception
May 24th, 1916
Height
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
48Q3CJ5G+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52563680
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3473771
Wiki­data ID
Q570385
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Torre Monumental” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Torre Monumental”
  • Arabic: “توري مونومنتال”
  • Catalan: “Torre Monumental”
  • Cebuano: “Torre Monumental”
  • Chinese: “纪念钟塔”
  • Dutch: “Torre Monumental”
  • French: “Torre Monumental”
  • German: “Torre Monumental”
  • Hungarian: “Torre Monumental”
  • Indonesian: “Torre Monumental”
  • Italian: “Torre Monumental”
  • Japanese: “トーレ・モヌメンタル”
  • Korean: “토레 모누멘탈”
  • Malay: “Torre Monumental”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tor Monumentau”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Monumental”
  • Russian: “Торре Монументаль”
  • Spanish: “Torre de los Ingleses”
  • Spanish: “Torre Monumental”
  • Swedish: “Torre de los Ingleses”
  • Swedish: “Torre Monumental”
  • Turkish: “Torre Monumental”

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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 “Torre Monumental”. Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.