Palermo, the heart of the city, is one of the places where nests the bohemian spirit of Porteño. The oldest part of Palermo is known precisely as old Palermo and its dimensions come from behind Plaza Italia, to the southeast. Arrabalero he had early worthy of tango lyrics and pen of writers like Evaristo Carriego and Jorge Luis Borges. With sectors well marked by his idiosyncrasies, from edilicia part, areas of low houses, now recycled, and ancient trees. Many streets still paved with granite carved by convicts.
He got the status of Party December 22, 1808, thanks to the decree of the then Viceroy Santiago de Liniers, of outstanding performance during the reconquest of the city of Buenos Aires during English Invasions. Some argue that the name of the district, is indisputably linked to the region of Sicily Italian, states that comes from an Oratorio that existed in the area in which an image of San Benito de Palermo is venerated Catholic Saint of Italian origin . Being baptized by the owner of the first land he bought Rosas in the place, which he called stream of Palermo to a watercourse that existed in his field, as evoking his travels in Sicily, and the place reminded him . Versions that give rise to the name of the neighborhood to a farmer named Don Juan Dominguez Palermo, who in the early seventeenth century, has been denoted as the first landowner in the region are also found. Undoubtedly, this was the neighborhood of the restorer of the laws, Don Juan Manuel de Rosas, who named San Benito of Palermo to his residence in the area. He owned much of this land (about 540 blocks). In 1836 he transformed these lands into beautiful landscapes and built his official residence in what is now the current avenues Libertador and Sarmiento.
But after the defeat of February 3, 1852 in Caseros, Justo José de Urquiza, the victor General, it was who occupied the residence that would then host the School of Arts and Crafts Military College and the Naval Academy. In 1889 the house built by Juan Manuel de Rosas was completely demolished to give more air to the park created by Sarmiento, old political enemy of Rosas.
On 11 November 1875 the Tres de Febrero Park, named in commemoration of the date of the Battle of Caseros was opened. There is the great lung of Buenos Aires today, with green parks and lakes between Avenida del Libertador, Salguero, Av. Rafael Obligado and Pampa. It is here where they usually meet on September 21 students to celebrate their day, while families take advantage of the place to wander during the rest of the year.