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Abasto de Buenos Aires
Biggest Shopping Mall in the Capital

Avenida Corrientes 3247
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
1193

Carlos Gardel Línea B

+54 11 4959 3400

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Abasto de Buenos Aires is built on the framework of one of the most representative buildings in the city: Mercado del Abasto used to be, by the end of the XIX century, the main supplier of fruits and vegetables in Buenos Aires. Such is the magnitude and originality of this building, that Albert Einstein himself - when visiting Buenos Aires - was overwhelmed by its design and civil engineering characteristics. The outer structure and art deco style of the former Mercado remained intact; a new lighting system was set in order to highlight the awesome arches in the external façades.

Recycled, and re-established in 1998 as shopping mall, it is the biggest of its kind in Capital: it boasts 120,000m2, four stories with more than 250 stores, a food area that hosts 1,500 people, 12 movie theatres, a fun fair with a Fortune's wheel, and the Children´s museum, unique in Latin America.

Abasto Shopping Mall triggered the re-birth of El Abasto, one of the most traditional neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires: the birthplace of tango, having Gardel among its dwellers. Also, the area witnessed the economic development of the city.

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