Plaza de Mayo

The Plaza de Mayo is the main of , . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Casa Rosada and Pyramid of May.

Government office
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The , lit. 'the pink house', is the president of the Argentine Republic's official workplace, located in . The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno.

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The Pirámide de Mayo, located at the hub of the Plaza de Mayo, is the oldest national monument in the City of Buenos Aires. Its construction was ordered in 1811 by the Primera Junta to celebrate the first anniversary of the May Revolution.

Historic building
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The is the public building in the city of , , that was used as a seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Microcentro.

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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.

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.

Suburb
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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.

Plaza de Mayo

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
Geo­Names ID
6957104
Wiki­data ID
Q1126357
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Plaza de Mayo” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Maig”
  • Catalan: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Chinese: “五月广场”
  • Chinese: “五月廣場”
  • Dutch: “Meiplein”
  • Dutch: “Plaza de Mayo-plein”
  • Dutch: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماى بلازا”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Majo”
  • French: “place de Mai”
  • French: “Place de Mai”
  • French: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Galician: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • 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（五月広場）”
  • Japanese: “プラサ・デ・マヨ”
  • Japanese: “五月広場”
  • 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”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de Maio”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de Mayo”
  • Russian: “Плаза-де-Майо”
  • Russian: “Пласа-де-Майо”
  • Russian: “площадь Мая”
  • Russian: “Площадь Мая”
  • Sicilian: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Slovenian: “Majski Trg”
  • Slovenian: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de la Victoria”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Swedish: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Turkish: “Plaza de Mayo”
  • Turkish: “Plaza del Mayo”
  • Ukrainian: “Травнева площа”

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Notable Places Nearby

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