The Hospital General de Agudos Bernardino Rivadavia was founded in 1774 in 800 Bartolomé Mitre St., San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the name Hospital de mujeres (Women's Hospital). In 1887 it was moved to its present location in 2670 Las Heras Ave., in the Palermo neighbourhood.
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The Argentine Automobile Club is Argentina's largest automobile association.
It was founded on June 11, 1904, by Dalmiro Varela Castex, who in 1892 had imported the country's first registered automobile, a Daimler, and in 1894 its second. The ACA oversaw the first recorded Argentine auto racing event, in 1906, and became a member of the International Automotive Federation in 1926. It began to develop of national network of service stations following a 1936 agreement with the state oil concern, YPF. Offering its membership cartographic, roadside assistance, insurance and other services, the ACA was inducted into the International Tourism Alliance in 1952.
Its national headquarters, designed in the Rationalist style by local architect Antonio U. Vilar and collaborators Alejandro Bustillo, was completed in 1942 on Buenos Aires' Avenida del Libertador. The building and its automobile museum are Palermo neighborhood landmarks.
In 1954, the club sponsored the Mil Kilometros de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, inviting cars from the Sports Car Club of America, including one driven by Carroll Shelby.
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The National Museum of Decorative Arts is an art museum in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The Argentine Automobile Club building its national headquarters of ACA located in Palermo neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
The building is designed in the Rationalist style by local architect Antonio U. Vilar and collaborators Alejandro Bustillo, was completed in 1942. on Buenos Aires' Avenida del Libertador.
The building and its automobile museum are Palermo neighborhood landmarks.
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Avenida del Libertador is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in points north, extending 25 km from the Retiro District of Buenos Aires to the northern suburb of San Fernando.
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The Mariano Moreno National Library is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires. The library is named after Mariano Moreno, one of the ideologists of the May Revolution and its first director.
The National Library is an agency under the Ministry of Culture of Argentina.
Further reading
Raíces, Dr Rodio (2000): Breve Historia del Hospital Rivadavia. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Libería Akadia. p. 24–28. ISBN 9509020818
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