Mercado de Abasto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Name (Latin)
Mercado de Abasto (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Other forms of name
Abasto Market (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mercado de Abasto de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mercado de Abasto Proveedor (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Coordinates
-58.41083333 -58.41083333 -34.60361111 -34.60361111 (gooearth )
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q831232
Library of congress:
sh 99014585
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 99507263: Berjman, S. El Abasto : un barrio y un mercado, 1999:p. 13, etc. (Mercado de Abasto; Mercado de Abasto de Buenos Aires; Mercado de Abasto Proveedor; covered market in the historic neighborhood of Abasto)
- Alta Vista WWW site, Dec. 3, 1999Argentine Review (Mercado de Abasto; remodeled in 1999 as a shopping mall)
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Wikipedia description:
The Abasto Shopping is one of the biggest shopping mall centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The building was the central wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the city ("Mercado de Abasto") from 1893 to 1984. Since 1999, it has served as a shopping mall. It is also famous for being in the area where the tango singer Carlos Gardel, known as El Morocho del Abasto ("the dark-haired guy from Abasto"), lived for most of his life. Today, the surrounding area, though part of the Balvanera neighbourhood, is sometimes referred to as Abasto. The Abasto Shopping centre is served by the adjoining underground station Carlos Gardel of line B metro (subte).
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