San Nicolás, Buenos Aires
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San Nicolás is one of the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentina, sharing most of the city and national government Neighborhood of Buenos Aires with neighboring Montserrat and home to much of the financial sector. It is referred usually as El Centro, and the part east of the 9 de Julio Avenue is known as Microcentro.
Clockwise from top: the Obelisco, the Metropolitan Cathedral, Diagonal Norte and the Colon Theatre.
A San Nicolás street in 1888. The ward retains much of its colonial grid
Former Central Post Office on Leandro Alem Avenue.
Pedestrian section of Diagonal Norte Avenue
Monserrat, Buenos Aires
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Monserrat or Montserrat is a neighbourhood in the east of the Buenos Aires CBD. The district features some of the most important public buildings in Buenos Aires, including city hall, the city legislature, Casa Rosada, the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and the Libertador Building, among others.
Clockwise from top: the Plaza de Mayo, the Cabildo, South Diagonal and Casa Rosada.
Buenos Aires City Legislature. The Monserrat area houses much of the city's (and Argentina's) governmental structure.
Mariano Moreno Plaza, near Congress
Pasaje La Rural (Rodolfo Rivarola)