Fonda de los Tres Reyes

Fonda de los Tres Reyes was an Inn or Tavern that worked in Buenos Aires in the late 18th century and early 19th.[1] It was the main hotel and restaurant in the city, located in the neighborhood of San Nicolás,[2] populated around 1810 by a considerable number of British and American immigrants.[3]

Fonda de los Tres Reyes
Restaurant information
Establishedc.1800
ClosedApril 20, 1830
Owner(s)Juan Bonfillo
CityBuenos Aires
CountryArgentina

History

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The establishment was owned by Juan Bonfillo, a Genoese merchant, who had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires in 1790.[4] Bonfiglio had bought the inn in 1802 to a family of Prieto name,[5] Its facilities were located in the street Santo Cristo (current 25 de Mayo) facing the Plaza Mayor, and in the vicinity of Fuerte de Buenos Aires.[6]

Among his major clients were William Brown and James Florence Burke from Ireland,[7] and some members of Lautaro Lodge.[8]

During the first British invasion of the River Plate, La Fonda de los Tres Reyes was place of lodging of William Beresford and his officers.[9]

La Fonda de los Tres Reyes was the most exclusive restaurant and hotel in Buenos Aires in the 1800s. This business was in front of the La fonda de Doña Clara, a inn administered by its owner, the English lady Mary Clark.[10]

Notable clients

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References

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  1. ^ Mariquita Sánchez: Vida política y sentimental, María Sáenz Quesada, June 2011, ISBN 9789500734745
  2. ^ Documentos de arquitectura nacional y americana, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 1993
  3. ^ Historia de los barrios de Buenos Aires, Volumen2, Editorial Elche, 1998, 1998, ISBN 9789509921221
  4. ^ Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas, 1981
  5. ^ Todo es historia, Números 265-270, Todo es Historia, 1989, 1989
  6. ^ Artes, ciencias y letras en la América colonial: investigaciones, Roberto Casazza, 2009, ISBN 9789871354450
  7. ^ Vieytes: El Desterrado, Francisco N. Juárez, 2001, ISBN 9789500719452
  8. ^ Historia de la nación argentina, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), Ricardo Levene, 1961
  9. ^ Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Volumen 28, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), 1957
  10. ^ El barrio de San Nicolás, Juan José Cresto, 1999, ISBN 9789879102411
  11. ^ José de San Martín, libertador de América, Instituto Nacional Sanmartiniano, 1995, ISBN 9789509517547
  12. ^ Guillermo Brown: apostillas a su vida, Instituto Browniano, 1994, 1994
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