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Banfield (village)
Encyclopedia
Banfield is a city in the Lomas de Zamora Partido
of Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
, 14 km (9 mi) south of the centre of Buenos Aires
. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires
metro area.
In 1873 Banfield railway station, named after the Englishman Edward Banfield, the first general manager of the British-owned railway company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
, was opened. On August 19, 1873, the first plots of land in the area were advertised for sale and extensive development took place from the 1880s onwards.
football club founded in 1896, and to the Lomas Athletic Sports Club
.
Perhaps Banfield's most significant cultural insitituion is its Julián Aguirre Conservatory of Music, founded by renown classical composer and conductor Alberto Ginastera
, in 1951.
Hosting about 2,000 students yearly, it is the most important school of classical and choral music in Argentina and is the alma mater of musical instructors and scholars throughout the country and Latin America.
Lomas de Zamora Partido
Lomas de Zamora is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.It has an area of , and a population of 613,192 , the second most populated partido in the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration...
of Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, 14 km (9 mi) south of the centre of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
metro area.
History
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina...
, was opened. On August 19, 1873, the first plots of land in the area were advertised for sale and extensive development took place from the 1880s onwards.
Sports
The city is home to Club Atlético BanfieldClub Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...
football club founded in 1896, and to the Lomas Athletic Sports Club
Lomas Athletic Club
Lomas Athletic Club is a sports club from Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of Argentina's oldest clubs still in existence, Lomas is one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union...
.
Culture
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
, in 1951.
Hosting about 2,000 students yearly, it is the most important school of classical and choral music in Argentina and is the alma mater of musical instructors and scholars throughout the country and Latin America.