Antonio Bilbao La Vieja
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1892
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Bilbao la Vieja covered on El Gráfico, July 1924. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Antonio Alfredo Bilbao la Vieja y Rosende Mitre 1892 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | January 6, 1980. Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonio Bilbao La Vieja (1892–1980) was an Argentine architect and rugby union footballer. He spent his entire sports career at San Isidro[1][2] and served in the Argentina national team in 1927.[3]
Antonio Bilbao was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Antonio Gervasio Bilbao and Edelmira Felisa Rosende Mitre, of Creoles origin. His distant ancestors hailed from La Rioja, Spain.[4] He achieved prominence as an Argentine architect, undertaking his first project to construct a significant neighborhood park in La Tablada, Greater Buenos Aires.[5] Bilbao held the position of Assistant Professor of Architecture Theory at the University of Buenos Aires.[6] He was also a member of the Scientific Society Argentina.[7]