- published: 24 May 2016
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Adrogué (Spanish pronunciation: [aðɾoˈɣe]) is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of the Almirante Brown Partido (district).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residential area, with numerous cobbled streets, lush trees and several squares. In addition, it has an important commercial center, with a variety of shops and banks.
In March 1873, Governor Mariano Acosta approved the projected sketch map for this town and named it Almirante Brown. The plan for the map was designed by Nicolás and José Canale, two renowned Italian architects, who included a number of diagonals and squares, which later inspired the urban design for the city of La Plata. The Canales also designed most of the public buildings in Adrogué (the Town Palace, the first church for Saint Gabriel, Castelforte, etc.) and the church of the Inmaculada Concepción in the neighbourhood of Belgrano ("La Redonda").
Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentine writer, spent many childhood summers there and loved the city so much that he named a book of poems after it in dedication. In an excerpt, he writes:
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Heartbeat on time
Dancing
Dancing
To the rhythm
Elektro is fine
It can
It can
Get you moving
Moving on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is a new style
Jackie and Jane
See them moving
To the bass-line
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Heartbeat on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the rhythm
Michael and James
They can't
They can't
Get no better
Out on the floor
See them
Grooving
To the bass-line
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the new style
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Heartbeat on time
Dancing
Dancing
To the rhythm
Elektro is fine
It can
It can
Get you moving
Moving on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is a new style
Jackie and Jane
See them moving
To the bass-line
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the new style
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Pa da da pom pom pom...