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22-720: It was located on the Villa Los Ombués estate in Barrancas de Belgrano , Buenos Aires , then belonging to local business tycoon Ernesto Tornquist and since demolished and now the location of the Embassy of the German Federal Republic . This article about an organisation in Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an aviation -related organization

44-539: A massive transport medium, into an ideal diffusion agent. The lending of the facilities is absolutely free for the museum and institutions that wish to exhibit their activities or part of the historical or cultural patrimony they treasure”. Line D was originally served by Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel rail rolling stock, and then by CAF cars. In 1999, cars from the Nagoya Municipal Subway were purchased second hand from Japan and used on

66-473: A new town on part of it and named it Belgrano. The town was declared a city shortly thereafter, due to its booming growth, and in 1880 it became the nation's capital for a few weeks, because of the dispute between the national government and Buenos Aires province for the status of the city of Buenos Aires. It was in Belgrano that the law declaring Buenos Aires as Argentina's federal capital was issued. In 1887,

88-416: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This air sports-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Belgrano, Buenos Aires Belgrano is a northern and leafy barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires , Argentina . The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Núñez is to the northwest; Coghlan , Villa Urquiza , Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to

110-412: Is favored by wealthy Argentines and expatriate businesspeople, and also by the embassies of Egypt, Japan, Republic of Korea, Tunisia, United Arab Emitates, among others. Some expensive private, bilingual schools are located in the area. " Belgrano C " is also home to Buenos Aires's small Chinatown . The district is crowded with restaurants and specialty grocery stores catering to Asian-Argentines and to

132-623: Is located in what used to be Belgrano townhall, where the national congress held its sessions while Belgrano was the capital of the Argentine republic. Nearby, going down to Lower Belgrano (Bajo Belgrano), appears the Barrancas de Belgrano, three squares along together, older Rio de la Plata River natural terraces. Two blocks away, in Lower Bergrano there is the Estadio de Excursionistas , the local football team. Although neighboring Nuñez

154-471: Is the only line in the network which will not be extended as part of the most recent expansion plan. The line was closed for two months during the summer of 2024 to upgrade the signal system. However, after the update, the frequency was actually worse and the waiting time ceased to be shown on the stations. Until the privatisation of the underground in the 1990s, Line D was identified by the red colour; whilst Line B used green. Cultural activities occur at

176-621: Is widely known as the home of River Plate , its landmark stadium River Plate Stadium —also home of the Argentina national football team —is located within the boundaries of Belgrano. 34°33′45″S 58°27′30″W  /  34.56250°S 58.45833°W  / -34.56250; -58.45833 Line D (Buenos Aires) Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground runs from Catedral to Congreso de Tucumán . The line opened on 3 June 1937 and has been expanded to

198-558: The Belgrano University , Barrancas de Belgrano spans several city blocks and is overlooked by highrise upper-middle class apartment buildings. On Manuel Belgrano square, a local artisan fair is held regularly, and becomes especially vibrant on weekends. It features a small bust of Manuel Belgrano on its middle spot. In the edge of the plaza lies the Inmaculada Concepción church, called "La Redonda" (

220-409: The 1990s, beginning in 1997 with the opening of Olleros and José Hernández , then Juramento in 1999, and finally Congreso de Tucumán in 2000, where it currently terminates. Over the decades it has been discussed numerous times whether to extend the line out to the limits of the city proper. The last of these proposals came forward in 2002 which would have seen an additional two stations added to

242-463: The 2024 January-March shutdown, as they do not yet have the capability to operate under CBTC signalling. The remaining Nagoya cars were moved to Line C in 2007 and replaced with the 100 Series cars and with Fiat-Materfer cars. To make the rolling stock more uniform, 24 more modern 300 Series Alstom Metropolis cars were ordered in 2013 to replace the Materfer cars on the line, which meant that

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264-502: The Line D Juramento, Congreso de Tucumán and Olleros stations. These stations can be visited to see the exhibitions provided by the city's and national museums, education institutions and other civil society organisations. “The objective of the museum-stations is to get the population acquainted with the huge cultural and historical patrimony that the City owns, thus turning the subway network,

286-659: The city come to shop. Most of the neighborhood's densest housing is located in the vicinity of Cabildo. High-rise luxury apartment buildings are clustered on the leafy streets surrounding the Universidad de Belgrano , a private liberal-arts university. West of Crámer avenue, "Belgrano R" is chiefly residential and lower-density in nature, characterized by calm streets lined with large, mature shade trees. Most buildings in this section are detached single-family homes that follow North American architectural styles; some residences have sizable backyards with swimming pools. This section

308-764: The federal district was enlarged by the annexation of the towns (partidos) of Belgrano and Flores . Belgrano is an upper-middle-class neighborhood that can be roughly divided into Belgrano R, Belgrano C, central Belgrano, and Lower Belgrano (Bajo Belgrano). The heart of the barrio pulses with life on its main thoroughfare, Avenida Cabildo, which runs Northwest to Southeast; the subway (subte) Line D follows its route. Avenida Cabildo carries heavy automobile traffic, and features corner cafés, grocery stores, movie theaters, specialty shops, clothing boutiques, bookstores, and other retail venues. Thanks to its wide sidewalks, pedestrians are especially numerous on weekend afternoons as Porteños (residents of Buenos Aires) from various areas of

330-559: The first part of the line was inaugurated in 1937 and ran 1.7 km from Catedral (still the current terminus) to Tribunales . Three years later, the section which brought the line to Plaza Italia in Palermo was completed, bringing the length of the line to 6.5 km. The line was not properly extended until 1993 when it was extended to Ministro Caranza , a station named after the Radical politician. Further extensions occurred in

352-564: The general public. Other than Cabildo, avenues Libertador, Luis Maria Campos, Crámer, Ricardo Balbín (formerly known as del Tejar), and Figueroa Alcorta run parallel to the riverbank, while Federico Lacroze, Juramento, Monroe and Congreso run from the riverbank to the Southwest direction. Belgrano is served by the Buenos Aires metro line D , many bus lines (notably Colectivo 60 ), and two commuter rail lines. Approximately 1.5 km to

374-540: The line. However, this was later abandoned since the line was already at full capacity after the opening of Congreso de Tucumán station. In June 2015 the Metrobus Cabildo line opened, connecting Line D from its terminus at Congreso de Tucumán to Vicente López district in Greater Buenos Aires , some kilometres away from the city limits, overlapping any theoretical extension of Line D. Line D

396-592: The line. In 2001, numerous Alstom Metropolis 100 Series cars were purchased and built in Brazil and Argentina with the intention of incorporating them into Line A , however they were ultimately put into service on Line D. More 100 Series cars were purchased up until 2009, making a total of 96 cars. Since 2019, much of the fleet was transferred to Line E to serve alongside the Fiat Materfer cars on that line. The Alstom 100 fleet has been suspended on Line D since

418-479: The north several times. The line is currently 11 km long and has 16 stations, while running approximately parallel to the city's coastline. Line D was the second line to be built by the Compañía Hispano Argentina de Obras Públicas y Finanzas (CHADOPyF, Hispanic-Argentine Company for Public Works and Finances), following the construction of Line C in 1934. Construction began in 1935 and

440-563: The round one ) by locals because of its circular plan. Many weddings are celebrated in this church in the afternoon hours. Two museums are also across Juramento and Cuba streets: Larreta and Sarmiento , respectively. Larreta museum focus on Spanish art. It is located on the former private residence of writer Enrique Larreta , designed by architect Ernesto Bunge on 1882. It features a well kept Andalusian garden. Historical Museum Sarmiento exhibits some objects belonging to former presidents Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Nicolás Avellaneda . It

462-446: The southwest. Belgrano was named after Manuel Belgrano , a politician and military leader who created the national flag of Argentina . In 1820, at Belgrano's death, Buenos Aires ' legislature introduced a law to name the next town to be founded after him. This happened in 1855, when the Buenos Aires government, fearful that relatives of Juan Manuel de Rosas would dispute the governmental decision to expropriate Rosas' lands, laid down

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484-409: The west of Belgrano lies Avenida General Paz , a major limited-access freeway that defines the city limits of Buenos Aires proper. Beyond this avenue lie the suburbs of Vicente Lopez, Florida and Olivos. The lush park Barrancas de Belgrano was designed by the famous French-Argentine landscape/park architect Carlos Thays , who designed many open spaces throughout Buenos Aires. Several blocks north of

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