Nearby questions in Buenos Aires

The name of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, comes from the name given to a settlement in the present-day city’s suburb of San Telmo, by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza in 1536: Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre (translated to English as Our Lady Saint Mary of the Good Air (or Fair Wind)). By 1541, it was abandoned, but Read more...