The French Embassy juts out into the main BA thoroughfare ‘9 de Julio’ (the largest urban avenue in the world). I’ve been told that this is because when the dictator at the time was demolishing entire blocks of beautiful classical buildings to widen ‘9 de Julio’ (to march his armies up and down) the French fortified their Embassy and wouldn’t let it be destroyed… sounds like the French anyway…



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February 22, 2007 at 12:02 am
Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #11 | Buenos Aires Argentina Guide
[...] few posts include one with a nice picture and comment on another of my favorite buildings here, the French Embassy, jutting out there down at the end of 9 de Julio. One thing though… their blog has me down as [...]