Catedral (Buenos Aires Underground)

{{short description|Buenos Aires Underground station}}

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| opened = 3 June 1937

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Catedral is a terminal station of the Line D of the Buenos Aires Underground.[http://www.sbase.com.ar/en/index.php/line-d-stations/88-line-d-stations/236-catedral Catedral Station]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S.E. 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.Subway network in 1955

The station was inaugurated on 3 June 1937 as part of the inaugural section of Line D, between Catedral and Tribunales.{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title=Buenos Aires |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/buenos-aires.htm |publisher=urbanrail}} In 1997 it was declared a national historic monument.[http://infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/40000-44999/43370/norma.htm Decreto 437/97] (Spanish) Retrieved 8 November 2010

The station was used as a set in the 1996 Argentine science fiction film Moebius.

Gallery

File:Buenos Aires-Florida y Diagonal Norte-Subte Catedral.jpg|Station entrance

File:Buenos Aires - Subte - Catedral.jpg|Detail of the majolica

Nearby

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