Plaza San Martín
Plaza San Martín is a park located in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Situated at the northern end of pedestrianized Florida Street, the park is bounded by Libertador Ave., Maipú St, Santa Fe Avenue, and Leandro Alem Av.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Banfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Area
- Description: square in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as: “Plaza San Martin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kavanagh building and Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas.
Kavanagh building
Photo: Marcos Prack, CC BY 2.0.
The Kavanagh Building is a residential skyscraper in Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a pinnacle of modernist architecture.
Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas
Photo: Schummy, Public domain.
The Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas is a cenotaph in Plaza San Martín, in Buenos Aires, dedicated to the 649 Argentine soldiers who were killed in the Falklands War.
Torre Monumental
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre Monumental, formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses, is a clock tower located in the barrio of Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina by Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Retiro and Microcentro.
Retiro
Suburb
Photo: Carlos Ravazzani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The center of Buenos Aires 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.
Microcentro
Quarter
The center of Buenos Aires 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.
Villa 31
Quarter
Villa 31, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria in the Retiro area of Buenos Aires, near the local railway station.
Plaza San Martín
- Category: square
- Location: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Plaza San Martín” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սան Մարտինի հրապարակ (Բուենոս Այրես)”
- Armenian: “Սան Մարտինի հրապարակ”
- Catalan: “Plaça General San Martín (Buenos Aires)”
- Catalan: “Plaça General San Martín”
- Catalan: “Plaça San Martín”
- Chinese: “圣马丁广场 (布宜诺斯艾利斯)”
- Chinese: “圣马丁广场”
- Chinese: “聖馬丁廣場”
- Dutch: “Plaza San Martín”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سان مارتن بلازا”
- French: “Plaza General San Martin (Buenos Aires)”
- French: “Plaza General San Martín”
- German: “Plaza General San Martín”
- Italian: “plaza San Martín”
- Italian: “Plaza San Martín”
- Korean: “산 마르틴 광장”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça San Martín (Buenos Aires)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plaça San Martín”
- Portuguese: “Plaza San Martín”
- Russian: “площадь Сан-Мартина”
- Russian: “Площадь Сан-Мартина”
- Spanish: “Plaza General San Martin”
- Spanish: “Plaza General San Martín”
- Spanish: “Plaza San Martin”
- Spanish: “Plaza San Martín”
- Turkish: “Plaza San Martín”
- Ukrainian: “Площа Сан-Мартіна (Буенос-Айрес)”
- Ukrainian: “Площа Сан-Мартіна”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires and Galerías Pacífico.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Plaza San Martín”. Photo: Banfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.