The Island
The Island is an exclusive sector in the neighbourhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, where prominent and wealthy families of the Argentine Upper Class have their homes.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Fine Arts and Plazoleta Gelly y Obes.
National Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Museum of Fine Arts is an Argentine art museum in Buenos Aires, located in the Recoleta section of the city. The Museum inaugurated a branch in Neuquén in 2004.
La Recoleta Cemetery
Photo: Sking, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recoleta and Barrio Norte.
Recoleta
Suburb
Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recoleta is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata. The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery.
Barrio Norte
Quarter
Barrio Norte is the informal name given to a part of Buenos Aires centering on Santa Fe Avenue and the district of Recoleta.
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.
The Island
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: Exclusive sector in the neighbourhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires,
- Category: locality
- Location: Comuna 2, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.58526° or 34° 35′ 7″ southLongitude
-58.3965° or 58° 23′ 47″ westOpen location code
48Q3CJ73+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4973904314OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5963895
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“The Island” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “La Isla (Buenos Aires)”
- Spanish: “La Isla”
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Localities in the Area
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