Palermo and Nunciature street closures through Wednesday the 11th.

Street closures in Palermo and around the Nunciature

The Buenos Aires City government rearranged traffic in Palermo and around the Apostolic Nunciature for the visit of Pope Leo XIV, whose 11.30 mass on Monday, November 9, takes place at the Monumento de los Españoles. Closures and detours apply on different stretches through Wednesday, November 11.

According to La Nación, which described the official plan with the closures, detours and time windows, the plan is split into two sectors: Palermo on one side and the Nunciature area on the other. Each one has its own affected streets, its own hours and its own access rules for people who live or work inside.

The newspaper puts Palermo down as the neighborhood where the most streets are closed or diverted in the capital during these days. The Nunciature area, located on Avenida Alvear, has the heaviest police presence instead, which is why restrictions there are stricter.

Which streets in Palermo are closed

The biggest change is the complete closure of Del Libertador, the avenue that loses its stretch between Ortega y Gasset and Olleros. Traffic on Olleros itself stays open, so the closure does not block it.

As a result, drivers arriving from the north along Del Libertador have two possible detours: one toward Luis María Campos and another toward Parque 3 de Febrero. According to the official report that La Nación cites, the idea is to avoid traffic jams in Palermo.

There are also full traffic closures on cross streets. The list includes Ortega y Gasset, Pasaje San Benito de Palermo and Benjamín Matienzo, joined by Jorge Newbery and Maure. Gorostiaga, Olleros, Federico Lacroze and Teodoro García complete the picture.

The newspaper clarifies that the closed stretches of those cross streets are the ones between Migueletes and Del Libertador, and that Migueletes stays passable. Olleros is also closed between Del Libertador and Valentín Alsina.

How to enter the Palermo perimeter

People who live or work in the area can enter on foot or by car through the entrances that stay open at Santa Fe, Luis María Campos and Las Heras. For security, residents have to show their ID with their address, or fill out a sworn statement in an online form.

Anyone who cannot prove they live inside the perimeter receives, through that form, an electronic code that must be shown at the checkpoints. The same goes for shop staff and for employees who have to pass through the area.

Hotel guests get in by showing their booking, and those who work at those lodgings complete the procedure online. In addition, trash containers are being relocated in Palermo and some bus lines change their routes.

The Nunciature area and the trash containers

In the Nunciature area, on Avenida Alvear, cars cannot circulate on Alvear, Cerrito, Del Libertador or Callao. That total restriction began on Saturday, November 7, and lasts through Wednesday the 11th.

Residents, hotel employees and shop staff can pass if they show the access document they downloaded to their phone, obtained through a web form. For security, cars and containers are also being relocated, and some bus lines modify their routes.

As for waste, the city government ruled that from November 5 the containers at four points would be temporarily removed: Alvear between Callao and Cerrito; Rodríguez Peña between Alvear and Quintana; Montevideo, on the stretch from Quintana to Posadas; and Posadas, between Montevideo and Rodríguez Peña.

According to the agency, the collection service returns to normal on Wednesday, November 11.

What changes for you

If you live or work in Palermo, bring your ID with your updated address and keep the online form code at hand, because the checkpoints ask for it. If you cross Del Libertador from the north, expect the detour toward Luis María Campos or toward Parque 3 de Febrero, and use the Santa Fe, Luis María Campos or Las Heras entrances to enter the perimeter.

If you live or work near Avenida Alvear, download the access document on your phone beforehand. Also check the route of your bus line, because some of them change until Wednesday the 11th.