San Antonio de Padua

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subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name2 = Merlo
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population_as_of = census-ar|2001
population_total = 37,775
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postal_code_type = CPA Base
postal_code = 1718
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San Antonio de Padua, or plainly Padua, is a city in the Greater Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located in Merlo (Partido). The city has an area of 6.25 km² and a population of around 38,000.

The name commemorates the village founded by Francisco de Merlo, Villa San Antonio del Camino in 1755, named for the Portuguese saint Anthony of Padua.The city is on one of the major rail and road arteries and is well connected to the most important cities of the western Greater Buenos Aires.Padua is bordered by the partido of Ituzaingó (north and east), Merlo (west and southwest) and Libertad (south).

Padua is basically a flat, low-rise city, with few buildings over two stories, so the skyline is still dominated by the spire of the "Church of San Antonio de Padua". The building emerges in the center of a peaceful middle-class neighborhood of white-painted and red-barrel-tiles-roofed houses. The church was inaugurated in 1931 and few years later a Franciscan monastery and a catholic school were erected at its side. The church was built in a Romanesque style and is one of the Padua’s landmark buildings.

The commercial center is around the main avenue, "Avenida Noguera", stretching six blocks from the railroad station, "Estación San Antonio de Padua" to the east.

The city status was conferred on September 11, 1974 by the Buenos Aires (Province) Legislature.

External links

* [http://www.bibliotecaguiraldes.com.ar/index.php Ricardo Güiraldes public library]
* [http://www.paduaweb.com/ Ciudad de San Antonio de Padua portal]
* [http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/8641/ Sarmiento college]

port Clubs

*es icon [http://www.casapadua.com.ar/ Club Atlético San Antonio de Padua]
*es icon [http://www.rugbypadua.com.ar/ CASA de Padua Rugby Club]
*es icon [http://usuarios.advance.com.ar/clubdegolfituzaingo/ Ituzaingó Golf Club]