![]() ![]() For many, Gardel embodies the soul of the tango style that originated in the barrios of Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th century. He died in an airplane crash at the height of his career, bec oming an archetypal tragic hero mourned throughout Latin America. He attended Pio IX Industrial high-school located in the Almagro neighbourhood. He grew up in the Abasto neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, located near the Central Market of Fruit and Vegetables, an enormous art-deco styled building which today is a shopping mall. ![]() Although his birthplace is disputed between Argentina, Uruguay and France, he lived in Argentina from the age of two and acquired Argentine citizenship in 1923. ![]() Carlos Gardel (11 December 1887/18901 - 24 June 1935) is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango.
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