United Nations Square

United Nations Square is a square located in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The square covers 4 hectares and has extensive green areas.

Type: Park
Description: square in Buenos Aires
Also known as: “Plaza de las Naciones Unidas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Fine Arts and Plaza Rubén Darío.

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. National Museum of Fine Arts is situated 270 metres southeast of United Nations Square.

Plaza Rubén Darío

Park

Photo: Brian Barbutti, CC BY 2.0.

Plaza Rubén Darío is a park, which is situated 170 metres south of United Nations Square.

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. La Recoleta Cemetery is situated 670 metres south of United Nations Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Island and Recoleta.

The Island

Neighborhood

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.

Recoleta

Suburb

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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.