Los Hornos
Los Hornos is a town in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Los Hornos belongs to the Greater La Plata urban conglomerate. Its name, refers to the several brick factories that were located in the area at the end of the 19th century, and which supplied the bricks for many of the buildings in the nascent city of La Plata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Valenbancherx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of La Plata and Centro Cultural Estacion Provincial.
Cathedral of La Plata
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Aleksandrs Timofejev…, CC BY 3.0.
The Cathedral of La Plata or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in La Plata, Argentina, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, is the 58th tallest church in the world. Cathedral of La Plata is situated 3½ km north of Los Hornos.
Centro Cultural Estacion Provincial
Arts center
Photo: Gladyscristina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centro Cultural Estacion Provincial is an arts center, which is situated 3 km northeast of Los Hornos.
Moreno Square
Park
Photo: Hmlaplata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moreno Square is a park, which is situated 4 km north of Los Hornos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Plata and San Carlos.
La Plata
Photo: Arturblas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Plata is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province. This planned city is recognized for its layout, a perfect square with the "Historic Axis" preserved intact until today; and for the outstanding design of the diagonals that cross it forming rhombuses within its contour, forests and squares placed exactly every six blocks.
San Carlos
Town
San Carlos is a town in Argentina, located in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province. San Carlos is situated 4 km northwest of Los Hornos.
Villa Elvira
Town
Villa Elvira is a district in Argentina, dependent of the La Plata city located in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province. Villa Elvira is situated 5 km northeast of Los Hornos.
Los Hornos
- Type: Town with 54,400 residents
- Description: town located in La Plata Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: La Plata Partido, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.95445° or 34° 57′ 16″ southLongitude
-57.9657° or 57° 57′ 57″ westPopulation
54,400Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
48Q422WM+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 652979927OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11812029Wikidata ID
Q1995031
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Los Hornos” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Los Hornos”
- Russian: “Лос-Орнос”
- Spanish: “Los Hornos”
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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 “Los Hornos”. Photo: Valenbancherx, CC BY-SA 4.0.