Monserrat - uno de los barrios más antiguos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

On July 8, 1769 divided the city of Buenos Aires in six parishes that were the first neighborhoods in the city. Were emerging around the churches.
The word “neighborhood” is “barrio” in spanish and this last word comes from “barri” of Arab origin that means each of the parties that divide the larger towns.
The parishes were: San. Nicolás, Socorro, Concepción, Montserrat, La Piedad and Catedral