Plaza de Mayo
The Plaza de Mayo is the main city square of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo, respectively.
- Type: Area
- Description: square in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as: “Majski Trg”, “Meiplein”, “Plaça de Maig”, “Plaza de la Victoria”, “Plaza de Mayo-plein”, “Praça de Maio”, “Praça de Mayo”, “Плаза-де-Майо”, “Пласа-де-Майо”, “プラサ・デ・マヨ（五月広場）”, and “五月広場”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pyramid of May and Casa Rosada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Microcentro.
Plaza de Mayo
- Category: square
- Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.6083° or 34° 36′ 30″ south
Longitude
-58.3719° or 58° 22′ 19″ west
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
48Q39JRH+M6
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Plaza de Mayo” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Catalan: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Chinese: “五月广场”
- Chinese: “五月廣場”
- Dutch: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماى بلازا”
- Esperanto: “Placo Majo”
- Finnish: “Plaza de Mayo”
- French: “place de Mai”
- French: “Place de Mai”
- Galician: “Praza de Maio”
- Georgian: “პლასა-დე-მაიო”
- German: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Hebrew: “פלאסה דה מאז’ו”
- Italian: “plaza de Mayo”
- Italian: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Japanese: “プラサ・デ・マヨ”
- Korean: “마요 광장”
- Lithuanian: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça de Mayo”
- Persian: “پلازا د مایو”
- Polish: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Portuguese: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Russian: “площадь Мая”
- Russian: “Площадь Мая”
- Sicilian: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Slovenian: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Swedish: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Turkish: “Plaza de Mayo”
- Turkish: “Plaza del Mayo”
- Ukrainian: “Травнева площа”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Monserrat and San Nicolas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Plaza de Mayo and Metropolitan Cathedral.
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