The Tigre Hotel was an Argentine hotel that stood on the banks of the Luján River , in Paseo Victorica , Tigre , 28 km (17 mi) north of Buenos Aires city. The hotel's peak was during late XIX century and early XX century, when Tigre was one of the places chosen by the upper classes to spend their holidays.
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44-493: A cricket pitch , an area for roller skating , and there was a garage for cars. In November 1892 the proprietors requested the Municipality of Tigre permission to organise regattas on Sunday and holidays. Three years later the hotel was authorised to open a casino. By those times, services also included evenings with fireworks, a permanent orchestra and other attractions on the banks of Luján River. An Andalusian Patio and
66-677: A Nickelodeon animated TV series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (video game) Il Tigre , internationally released as The Tiger and the Pussycat , a 1967 Italian comedy film Military [ edit ] Tigre , the French and Spanish name for the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter Spanish ship Tigre (1747) , of the Spanish navy French ship Tigre , a number of French navy ships HMS Tigre ,
88-811: A Spanish copy of the Winchester Model 1892 Le Tigre (clothing brand) , an American clothing brand Tigre Club , now the Tigre Municipal Museum of Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tigre Hotel , a former hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina El Tigre, a 1993 meteorite fall in Mexico See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing tigre All pages with titles beginning with Tigre All pages with titles containing tigres All pages with titles beginning with Tigres Tiger (disambiguation) Tigray (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
110-610: A Spanish copy of the Winchester Model 1892 Le Tigre (clothing brand) , an American clothing brand Tigre Club , now the Tigre Municipal Museum of Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tigre Hotel , a former hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina El Tigre, a 1993 meteorite fall in Mexico See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing tigre All pages with titles beginning with Tigre All pages with titles containing tigres All pages with titles beginning with Tigres Tiger (disambiguation) Tigray (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
132-648: A group of rowing enthusiasts who met at the "Pulpería del Portugués" of Buenos Aires in February 1870. Besides, several rowing clubs (such as Buenos Aires R.C. ) would then establish their headquarters in the area. After searching for a vacant land, they finally found one located near the confluences of Reconquista and Luján . The hotel was designed by the engineer Emilio Mitre (son of the Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre ) and financed by Mitre himself with Ernesto Tornquist and Luis García. Works began in 1873 and
154-473: A nickname of Bolivian football club The Strongest Tigres F.C. , a professional Colombian football team Tigres UANL , a Mexican football club Tigres de Aragua , a Venezuelan baseball team Tigres de Cartagena , a Colombian baseball team Tigres de Quintana Roo , a Mexican baseball team Tigres de Chinandega , a Nicaraguan baseball team Tigres del Licey , a Dominican Republic baseball team Other uses [ edit ] Tigre (rifle) ,
176-473: A nickname of Bolivian football club The Strongest Tigres F.C. , a professional Colombian football team Tigres UANL , a Mexican football club Tigres de Aragua , a Venezuelan baseball team Tigres de Cartagena , a Colombian baseball team Tigres de Quintana Roo , a Mexican baseball team Tigres de Chinandega , a Nicaraguan baseball team Tigres del Licey , a Dominican Republic baseball team Other uses [ edit ] Tigre (rifle) ,
198-835: A nickname of French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) El Tigre, a nickname of Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao (born 1986) El Tigre Jr., ringname of Canadian professional wrestler Tyson Moody (born 1978) Places [ edit ] Tigre, Buenos Aires , Argentina Tigre Partido El Tigre Fault , a seismically active fault in Argentina Tiger Island , or Tigre Island, Honduras Tigre River , Peru Tigre District , Loreto, Peru Tigre River (Venezuela) El Tigre , Anzoátegui, Venezuela El Tigre Airport Sports [ edit ] For people in sports, see § People . Club Atlético Tigre , an Argentine sports club Tigre Rugby Club , an Argentine rugby union club Tigre ,
220-496: A number of Royal Navy ships People [ edit ] Tigre people , an ethnic group inhabiting Eritrea and Sudan Tigre language Le Tigre, a nickname of French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) El Tigre, a nickname of Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao (born 1986) El Tigre Jr., ringname of Canadian professional wrestler Tyson Moody (born 1978) Places [ edit ] Tigre, Buenos Aires , Argentina Tigre Partido El Tigre Fault ,
242-423: A seismically active fault in Argentina Tiger Island , or Tigre Island, Honduras Tigre River , Peru Tigre District , Loreto, Peru Tigre River (Venezuela) El Tigre , Anzoátegui, Venezuela El Tigre Airport Sports [ edit ] For people in sports, see § People . Club Atlético Tigre , an Argentine sports club Tigre Rugby Club , an Argentine rugby union club Tigre ,
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#1732765337047264-462: A winter garden were constructed afterwards. At the end of the 19th century, Ludovico Schafer and E.E. Fischer acquired Tigre Hotel. The house was re-opened in 1895 with an inaugural big lunch. Some of the changes made by the new owners included the suppression of the roulette room. In 1916 various repairs and improvements were made to the building at the height of the Belle Époque as the hotel became
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308-549: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Tigre Hotel The hotel had also the first casino in the country, but a law that forbidden gambling in Argentina promulgated in 1933 caused the building was closed, and finally demolished in 1940. The idea of constructing a hotel in Tigre (then named "Las Conchas") came from
330-450: The Pussycat , a 1967 Italian comedy film Military [ edit ] Tigre , the French and Spanish name for the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter Spanish ship Tigre (1747) , of the Spanish navy French ship Tigre , a number of French navy ships HMS Tigre , a number of Royal Navy ships People [ edit ] Tigre people , an ethnic group inhabiting Eritrea and Sudan Tigre language Le Tigre,
352-622: The Tigre Hotel had stood remained abandoned, until the Tigre City Council building was constructed there, next to Tigre Club (nowadays the Tigre Art Museum). The hotel had three floors and 120 rooms, with large terraces and luxurious panelling- It also had unique amenities for the time, such as central heating and an elevator. Its gardens had tennis courts and cricket field and fireworks shows were held. A garage
374-407: The hotel was finally inaugurated on February 12, 1890. It soon became an important social, tourist and sporting centre, not only for the people of Tigre, but also for porteños . The hotel had 3 floors, an elevator and 50 rooms (all of them heated) with a ground floor dining room seating 200 people. There were salons for smoking, billiards, and for ladies. The hotel had a coffeehouse , tennis courts ,
396-459: The place where the elite of society of the time met and stayed and was famous for its dancing parties. The economic crisis in the 1930s took its toll and in February 1933 the hotel closed its doors definitely, forced through a law promulgated by the Legislature forbidding gambling in Argentina. One year later the building was destroyed by fire and subsequently demolished. The place where
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462-537: Was built later. In the interior, guests smoked in a special room or participated in dances and costume parties in the rooms, accompanied by a permanent orchestra, a detail that may have pleased Enrico Caruso, famous Italian tenor and guest at the Tigre Hotel. In case guests wished take a walk along the river, a boat took the clients along the Tigre River to the own pier, on the Luján river. One of its main attractions
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#1732765337047484-641: Was the water parade, a parade of boats and steamers that, descending from the Carapachay river, went up the Luján river and passed through the doors of the Hotel, until reaching the Marine Workshops (current Naval Museum). Today there is sometimes a confusion between the Tigre Hotel and the Tigre Club that was built next to the Hotel in 1912 and is still standing. Following its 1979 designation as
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