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'''Merlo''' is the head town of the homonymous [[partido]] of [[Merlo Partido|Merlo]] and seat of the municipal government, located in the [[Greater Buenos Aires]] urban area. |
'''Merlo''' is the head town of the homonymous [[partido]] of [[Merlo Partido|Merlo]] and seat of the municipal government, located in the [[Greater Buenos Aires]] urban area. |
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The administrative and commercial center is around the main avenue ''Avenida del Libertador General San Martín''. This tree-covered avenue stretches seven blocks from the railway station to the historic district and has few buildings reaching over two storyes in height. |
The administrative and commercial center is around the main avenue, ''Avenida del Libertador General San Martín''. This tree-covered avenue stretches seven blocks from the railway station to the historic district and has few buildings reaching over two storyes in height. |
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The distant [[barrio]]s lay at the [[Reconquista River|Reconquista]] riverside and the greatest part of the population lives in poverty. |
The distant [[barrio]]s lay at the [[Reconquista River|Reconquista]] riverside and the greatest part of the population lives in poverty. |
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Merlo is the head town of the homonymous partido of Merlo and seat of the municipal government, located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area.
The administrative and commercial center is around the main avenue, Avenida del Libertador General San Martín. This tree-covered avenue stretches seven blocks from the railway station to the historic district and has few buildings reaching over two storyes in height.
The distant barrios lay at the Reconquista riverside and the greatest part of the population lives in poverty.
History
The origin of Merlo goes back to the town of Villa San Antonio del Camino, a hamlet clustered around a ranch-house belonged to the Spanish landlord Francisco Javier de Merlo and which had been founded as a result of the recurrent Araucanian raids throughout the eighteen century.
Views of Merlo
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Church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Merlo Centro -
Merlo Railway Station, Merlo Centro -
Sullivan House, a residential house dated from the XIX century, Merlo Centro -
Landaburu House, a residential house dated from the XIX century, Merlo Centro -
Merlo Municipal Palace, Merlo Centro -
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento school, public building dated from the XIX century, Merlo Centro
Neighbourhoods (barrios)
- Merlo Centro
- Merlo Norte
- Pompeya
- Argentino
- Lago del Bosque
- Las Violetas
- Amandi
- Reconquista
- Loma Florida
- San Eduardo
- Arco Iris
- Albatros
- Parque El Sol
- El Mirador
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