Villa Lugano
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Villa Lugano is a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, located in the West of the city. It has a population of approximately 114,000 people.
It is delimited by Eva Perón Ave., General Paz Ave., José Barros Pazos, Lisandro de la Torre Ave., Coronel Roca Ave and Escalada street.
Villa Lugano was founded in 1908, when Swiss
citizen José Ferdinando Francisco Soldati decided the foundation of a town with the name of his town of birth Lugano
would be fitting.
Soldati was born on 30 May 1864 in Neggio, Canton of Ticino
, Switzerland
, near Lugano. He bought a farm near the current location of Murguiondo street and Riestra Ave.; subdivided the parcel and founded Villa Lugano on 18 October 1908. In 1912 there lived in Villa Lugano about forty families.
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...
, 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...
, located in the West of the city. It has a population of approximately 114,000 people.
It is delimited by Eva Perón Ave., General Paz Ave., José Barros Pazos, Lisandro de la Torre Ave., Coronel Roca Ave and Escalada street.
Villa Lugano was founded in 1908, when Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
citizen José Ferdinando Francisco Soldati decided the foundation of a town with the name of his town of birth Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
would be fitting.
Soldati was born on 30 May 1864 in Neggio, Canton of Ticino
Ticino
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, near Lugano. He bought a farm near the current location of Murguiondo street and Riestra Ave.; subdivided the parcel and founded Villa Lugano on 18 October 1908. In 1912 there lived in Villa Lugano about forty families.