| Plaza Primero de Mayo | |
| Status: | square |
| Location: | avenues Hipólito Yrigoyen, Pasco, Valentín Alsina, Balvanera |
| Location City: | Buenos Aires |
| Location Country: | Argentina |
| Coordinates: | -34.6113°N -58.3982°W |
| Inauguration Date: | 1925 |
| Renovation Date: | 2006 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Unit Count: | --> |
Plaza Primero de Mayo is a square of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the neighborhood of Balvanera.[1]
The Plaza Primero de Mayo was inaugurated in 1925, on land belonging to an old English Protestant cemetery, that operated on the site between 1833 and 1891.[2] This cemetery was known by the name of La Victoria, located on the street of that name, now Hipólito Yrigoyen.[3]
In 2006, during the works of remodeling of the Plaza were found rest of the cemetery, including graves with bones and gravestones.[4] Among the illustrious people who were buried were John Thorne and Elisa Chitti de Brown, the wife of William Brown, honored with a bronze plaque placed in the square.[5]