Catedral (Buenos Aires Metro)
Catedral is a terminal station of the Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground. From here, passengers may transfer to the Perú station on Line A and the Bolívar station on Line E.
Overview
It is located at the intersection of Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue and Florida Street, which gave the original name of the station. Its current name comes from the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, located in the vicinity of the station. This station had the name Florida, as recorded on maps of the network of 1955.
The station was inaugurated on 3 June 1937 as part of the inaugural section of Line D, between Catedral and Tribunales. In 1997 it was declared a national historic monument.
The station was used as a set in the 1996 Argentine science fiction film Moebius.
Gallery
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Station entrance -
Detail of the majolica
Nearby
References
- ^ Catedral Station Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E.
- ^ Subway network in 1955
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Buenos Aires". urbanrail.
- ^ Decreto 437/97 (Spanish) Retrieved 8 November 2010
External links
Media related to Catedral (Buenos Aires Underground) at Wikimedia Commons
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