Palermo Chico (a.k.a. Barrio Parque) is a residential area in Buenos Aires, in the neighborhood of Palermo. It’s delimited approximately by Avenida del Libertador, between Tagle and Cavia, and the railroad tracks. It’s one of the most sought-after places in the city.

It was designed in 1912 by the landscape gardener Carlos Thays, who discerned a different Buenos Aires, with a neighborhood filled with curves and crossways, and a lot of native vegetation. At the beginning it was known as “Barrio Grand Bourg.” Classic buildings were built there such as the “Palacio Errázuriz,” presently known as “Museo de Arte Decorativo,” and modern ones such as MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires).

Its streets are pebbled, narrow and circular, full of trees. It’s a quiet neighborhood where high-class families, millionaires and famous argentines live. Big and old houses can be appreciated, and even a few mansions.

It stands out for its curved layout and its irregular streets, abundant green spaces, mansions and embassies (Spain, Albany, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Poland, Slovenia, Portugal, Greece, Canada, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Chile, South Korea and Indonesia). This area is known as “La zona de las embajadas.”

1. Canal 7
Figueroa Alcorta and Tagle

Head office of the only national television channel in the country. The building was inaugurated in 1978 by the military dictatorship not long before the Soccer World Cup which was to be played in Argentina. The work, which was excessively expensive, put an end to the channel’s studios’ frequent relocation, which had functioned since 1951.
Across from there is the Embassy of Chile. The building was done by the architects Bouchard and Etchenique. It was inaugurated in 1969. As a functionalist cut, it’s recognized for its façade which is completely covered in Mar del Plata stone.

2. Barrio Parque
Between Avenida del Libertador, Tagle, Salguero and Juez Tedín

Palermo Chico’s layout was made by the architect Carlos Thays in 1912. His intention was to organize a neighborhood with curved and irregular streets as well as abundant green spaces filled with local species such as rosewood, jacarandas, silk floss tree, “lapachos” and “ceibos.”

3. “El Arquero de San Sebastián” Monument
Av. del Libertador and Mariscal R. Castilla

It was made by the Argentine sculptor Alberto Lagos. It represents a repentant archer trying to break his bow after participating in the torturing of Saint Sebastian, a catholic predicator in emperor Diocese’s time.

4. Instituto Sanmartiniano
Plaza Grand Bourg
The institute was founded in 1933; the building, a replica of General San Martin’s house in Grand Bourg, France, was inaugurated in 1946. Just meters away from the entrance is the only monument which represents San Martin as a civilian and elderly.

5. Victoria Ocampo’s house and Embassy of Belgium
2831 Rufino Elizalde

The work of architect Alejandro Bustillo and Victoria Ocampo, constructed in 1929. Its proprietress was an important figure in Argentina’s literary environment during the 20th century and founded the magazine “Sur;” her sister was the writer Silvina Ocampo, wife of Adolfo Bioy Casares, also a writer. Today, the house belongs to the “Fondo Nacional de las Artes.” Across from there is the Embassy of Belgium, which was constructed by the architect Alejandro Bustillo in 1930.

6. Plaza Chile and its sculptures
Av. Del Libertador and Castilla

There are works on the plaza which pay homage to Chilean writers and Nobel prizes to Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda, General O’Higgins (who fought for Chile’s independence), and General San Martin’s collaborators.

7. Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo
1902 Avenida del Libertador

The small palace which houses it displays a neoclassic style, and it’s the work of the French architect René Sergent. Its decorations show the lifestyle of a part of Argentina’s society at the beginning of the 20th century. The museum’s permanent collection is made up by furniture, sculptures, pieces in porcelain, pieces in glass, paintings and European and oriental tapestries from the 16th and 20th centuries.

8. Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández
2373 Avenida del Libertador

Popular art museum. Its collections include traditional and contemporary artworks in silver, horn, bone, pumpkin, wood, leather, iron, pottery, basketwork, textiles, glass, imagery and musical instruments.

9. Palacio Alcorta
3301 Avenida Figueroa Alcorta

It was projected in 1927 by the architect Mario Palanti, author of the “Palacio Barolo” in Avenida de Mayo. The building is split up in apartments which are used as offices or houses. Originally, there used to be a car-race track on the terrace. On the bottom floor is the Renault Museum, a complex which brings together a bar, a restaurant, a reception room and a place meant for car shows.

10. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba)
3415 Avenida Figueroa Alcorta

The building was designed by the Argentine architects Gustavo Atelman, Martín Fourcade and Alfredo Tapia. The museum houses Eduardo Constantini’s collection, over 200 pieces with works of art by artists such as Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Joaquín Torres-García, Antonio Berni, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Jorge de la Vega, Tarsila do Amaral, Pedro Figari, Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica, Liliana Porter, Guillermo Kuitca, José Bedia Valdés, among others.

This section of Palermo is made up of sixty-one acres of plants, forests, lakes and rose gardens. It is located between Casares Avenue and Libertador Avenue.

In the “Jardín de los Poetas” (Poets’ Garden), which constitutes the city’s “lung,” you can find imposing sculptures of famous writers such as William Shakespeare, Paul Groussac, Alfonsina Storni, Dante Alighieri, Federico García Lorca and Antonio Machado, among others.

It is bordered by Libertador Avenue and on its side arise high category buildings, embassies and top level shops. It is the perfect place for taking strolls, exercising and contemplating its vegetation. It’s often visited during the summer, as there are many organized activities for families and the youth.

1. Jardín Botánico (Botanical Garden)
3951 Santa Fe Avenue (and Las Heras Avenue)

It was inaugurated in 1898; it’s considered as the French architect and landscape gardener Carlos Thays’ most outstanding work. It has a surface area of almost 19 acres and it counts with about 5,000 to 6,000 plant species.

The Argentine flora gets the most important spot, with species characteristic of each province. Other sections are destined to the flora of each continent. The garden is decorated with numerous sculptures and fountains.

2. Zoológico de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Zoo)
Las Heras Avenue and Sarmiento Avenue

It was created more than one hundred years ago. It is an excursion which can take a good part of the day to do: it has a great variety of animal species and its architecture reproduces classic works of the world.

The entrance gate is a reproduction of the Arch of Titus in Rome; the “Palacio de los Elefantes” (Elephants’ Palace) is a replica of the Temple of the goddess Nimaschi in Mumbai; further on is the Temple of Vesta, a circular construction made up of sixteen Corinthian columns, a copy of the one in Rome.

The zoo also gives shelter to numerous works of art, such as “La Niña con flores” (The Girl with Flowers), an exact replica of the work of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, Passani’s “El Mono caído” (The Fallen Monkey) and a female figure sculpted by the Argentine sculptress Lola Mora.

3. Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA) (Argentine Rural Society)
Sarmiento Avenue and Santa Fe Avenue.
Tel. 4324 4700

For the past 120 years it has been the most important center for expositions in Buenos Aires. It has 45,000 square meters which are roofed and four conference rooms. Every year, one of the most important agricultural fairs in the world, “La rural,” takes place there.

4. Monumento de los Españoles (Spaniards’ Monument)
Sarmiento Avenue and Libertador Avenue

Its real name is “La Carta Magna y Las Cuatro Regiones Argentinas” (The Magna Carta and the Four Argentine Regions) but its popular denomination is due to the fact that in 1910, year of the hundredth anniversary of the “Revolución de Mayo” (May Revolution), the Spanish community donated the monument to the city. The work suffered some problems: its author died a year after finishing the outlines, and the same happened to his successor, Cipriano Flojeras.

For that reason, even though the fundamental stone was placed there in 1910, the gift was not ready for the centennial celebrations. The monument’s completion was once again taken back due to the sinking of a ship: in March of 1916 the Spanish ship “Príncipe de Asturias” (Asturias’ Prince) sank in front of Ilha Bela, an island in front of the Brazilian coast and there remained the bronze pieces which were originally going to become a part of the monument. A year later, replicas were ordered from Spain, which were completed in 1918. Finally, it was inaugurated on May 25th of 1927.

5. Plaza Alemania (Germany Plaza)
Libertador Avenue, Casares Avenue, Castex and Cavia.

It was designed by the French landscape gardener Carlos Thays, who also designed the Botanical Garden. It was inaugurated in 1914 with curled flowerbeds and a European style garden. In 2004, the city government and the neighbors decided to recover its original appearance.

One of the most important works was the highlight of the “Riqueza Agropecuaria Argentina” (Agricultural Argentine Richness) fountain, donated by the German community in 1910 for the centennial celebrations. The fountain is the work of the sculptor Adolfo Bredow and it was built with soft stone, Carrara marble and bronze.

6. Jardín Japonés (Japanese Garden)
Carlos Casares Avenue and Figueroa Alcorta Avenue.

This promenade, donated by the Japanese community of Buenos Aires, reproduces a traditional Japanese garden. There is a lake with multicolored koi carps, a cascade, a Zen style dry garden, a space for meditation, a tea house and a restaurant.

The garden houses exhibitions and workshops connected with Japanese culture.

7. Columna persa (Persian column)
Figueroa Alcorta Avenue and Sarmiento Avenue

This column, a gift of the Iranian government, is known as “La columna del templo persa” (The Persian Temple Column). It is a replica of the columns of the Persepolis Palace, erected between 600 and 500 BC by Darius and Xerxes. It is nineteen meters tall and it is topped with two ox heads.

8. Parque Tres de Febrero (Third of February Park)
Libertador Avenue and Sarmiento Avenue

On November 11 of 1875, by President Domingo Sarmiento’s initiative, the “Parque Tres de Febrero” (Third of February Park) was inaugurated, named after the date of the Battle of Caseros. The original project was in charge of the architects Ernesto Oldendorf, Fernando Mauduit and Jordan Wysocky, and it was finished in 1876 by the architect Julio Dormal. The later expansions (between 1892 and 1913) were in charge of the landscape gardener Carlos Thays.

In the park, on Sarmiento Avenue between Libertador and Figueroa Alcorta Avenues, lies the Little Red Riding Hood Monument. It is made of marble and it was bought by the Buenos Aires Municipality in 1937. It is the work of the French sculptor Jean Carlus.
In this area used to be one of the most important “milongas” in the history of Tango: “Lo de Hansen” (Hansen’s). Between 1895 and 1910 it was the most popular nightclub in Buenos Aires. It was located on the corner of Sarmiento Avenue and Figueroa Alcorta Avenue.

9. Planetario Galileo Galilei (Galileo Galilei Planetary)
Belisario Roldán Avenue and Sarmiento Avenue

The building has five floors, six staircases (one of which is spiral), and a circular hall with a diameter of 20 meters and 360 seats. On its hemispherical dome, also with a diameter of 20 meters and covered on the inside with aluminum sheets, is projected the sky-blue dome. On the center of the hall is the authentic planetary: a device which is 5 meters tall and weighs 2,5 tons and has about 100 projectors. It consists of a cylindrical framework with independent projectors to view the moon, the sun and the planets which are able to be seen with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and two spheres on the ends which project 8,900 stars.

On the adjacent lake is the “Sorprendida” (Surprised) sculpture made by the Italian sculptor Nicolás A. Ferrari, and a few feet away is an evoking monolith of the wise Nicolaus Copernicus.
The first soccer game in Argentina was played on these fields on June 29 of 1867. The Buenos Aires Criquet Club team played against the crew of a British warship called Bombay.

10. Los lagos (The lakes)
Infanta Isabel Avenue and Araola Avenue

The artificial lakes found in Palermo were formed by flooding the hollow created by the removal of soil to construct the railroad bank. They are surrounded by a beautiful forest filled with Rosewood, Eucalyptus, Tala and Ombú trees. You can rent rowboats or pedal boats to go for a ride on the lakes.

The “Museo Eduardo Sívori” (Eduardo Sívori Museum) is found very close to the park, at 555 Infanta Isabel Avenue, and it is one of the city’s oldest museums. It holds a heritage of more than 4,500 works of art from Argentina: sculptures, canvases and important drawing and engraving collections.

11. Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo (Argentine Racecourse of Palermo)
4100 Libertador Avenue

It was inaugurated in 1876, in the adjoining grounds with Rosas’ alfalfa plantations and “Parque Tres de Febrero.” That day, neither trains nor streetcars could cope with the people: ten thousand spectators attended “Resbaloso’s” triumph, the very first race.

The “Tribuna Oficial” and the “Confitería París” form a part of the city’s architectural heritage. The racecourse has a surface area of 148 acres and counts with three cava sand courses. Two of them are exclusively used for the entertaining of the horses. The main one is 2,400 meters long and is considered one of the best courses in the world.

13. Rosedal (Rose Garden)
Infanta Isabel Avenue, Iraola and Presidente P. Montt

The Rose Garden is the heart of “Parque Tres de Febrero.” It was created in 1914 by the landscape gardener Carlos Thays. There were 14,700 rose gardens planted originally; today it counts with more than 12,000.

Its most important attractions are the “Patio Andaluz” (Andalusian Patio), a gift of the Spanish city of Seville, constructed in 1929, the “Glorieta” (Arbor), covered with rambling roses, and the “Puente Blanco” (White Bridge), a magnificent wood construction which crosses over the lake. On the center of the Rose Garden is the “Jardín de los Poetas” (Poets’ Garden), with sculptures of famous writers such as William Shakespeare, Alfonsina Storni, Dante Alighieri, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado and Jorge Luis Borges, among others.

Nueva Pompeya is a neighbourhood located in the South side of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mainly, this is a proletarian districts steeped in the tradition of tango and one where many of the first tangos were written and performed.

A neighborhood local, the legendary tango composer Homero Manzi, set a very popular tango (Sur) in Nueva Pompeya, describing a melancholy landscape (“Pompeya and beyond the flood”) that, even today, defines much of the district’s physionomy.

Nueva Pompeya was given its name by the faithful of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeya, raised in 1900 by Capuchin monks. Until then, it was often referred to as the “district of the Frogs.” The term “frog”, in the Buenos Aires vernacular, refers to the “street-wise” man, and, indeed, many of Nueva Pompeya’s youth as thought of this way to the present day.

1. Plaza Nueva Pompeya (New Pompeii Plaza)
Sáenz Avenue and Traful. (900 Sáenz Avenue)

In 1887, “Pompeya” was incorporated to the Capital, and Sáenz Avenue was its limit. In 1900, the Capuchin friars consecrated a chapel dedicated to the “Virgen del Rosario de Pompeya,” which gave the neighborhood its name. the “Plaza Nueva Pompeya” is the heart of the neighborhood. Around it is a concentration of banks, public institutions and the neighborhood’s main shops. A gigantography reminisces Homero Manzi (1907-1951, author of: “Arrabal,” “Barrio de tango,” “¡Che bandoneón!,” “Desde el alma,” “El último organito,” “Fuimos,” “Malena,” “Milonga de Puente Alsina,” “Romance de barrio” and “Sur,” among many others), and it is where the headquarters of the Bochín Club is located. At its tables men play “Mus,” “Tute,” “Truco,” Dominoes and Chess. As an additional attraction, the “Feria de los Pájaros” (Birds’ Fair) takes place on Sáenz Avenue and Perito Moreno every Sunday morning. There, you can see and buy birds of all kinds.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

2. Santuario Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary Sanctuary)
974 Esquiú

The “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Pompeya” is one of the most popular sanctuaries in the city. It was inaugurated in 1900. Its stained-glass windows shaped like a pointed arch symbolize the fifteen mysteries of the “Santo Rosario” (Holy Rosary) and are one of the best expressions of the Gothic style in Buenos Aires. The bronze virgin which is exhibited in the patio was brought from Spain.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

3. Museo y Ateneo de Estudios Históricos de Nueva Pompeya “Nelly Nistal” (Museum and Athenaeum of Historic Studies of New Pompeii “Nelly Nistal”)
971 Sáenz Avenue

The Museum, which carries the name of its founder, brings together engravings, paintings and documents which make up the neighborhood’s history. Julio de Caro’s manuscripts are emphasized (1899-1980. Violinist, director and composer. He played with all the big figures of his time. Author of: “Tierra Querida,” “Boedo,” “Mala junta,” “Orgullo criollo,” “El arranque,” “Chiclana,” “Chantecler,” among many others) as well as Cátulo Castillo’s (1906-1975. Poet and pianist. Author of: “María,” “El aguacero,” “Viejo ciego,” “Acuarelita de arrabal,” “El circo se va,” “Corazón de papel,” “La última curda,” “Aquella cantina de la ribera,” “Caminito del taller,” “Silbando,” “A Homero” and “El patio de la morocha”). It was created in 1971.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

4. Plazoleta José Dames (José Dames Square)
“Fuimos abrazados a la angustia de un presagio / por la noche de un camino sin salidas, / pálidos despojos de un naufragio / sacudidos por las olas del amor y de la vida.” These verses from the Tango “Fuimos” were composed by Homero Manzi; the music was made by José Dames. This great composer and bandoneonist was born in 1928. He participated in Francisco Rotundo and Atilio Bruni’s orchestras. He also composed the music for the Tango titled “Nada,” with lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti; “Fuimos,” with verses by Homero Manzi; “Tú,” with José María Contursi, and “Por unos ojos negros.”

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

5. Esquina de los poetas (Poets’ Corner)
Centenera Avenue and Tabaré

This corner was mentioned by Homero Manzi in “Manoblanca.” A bust reminisces the poet and a “fileteado” mural recovers that Tango’s lyrics. The corner of the “Museo Manoblanca” possesses a collection of works by León Untroib – there are portraits of the city’s important figures: Homero Manzi, Julián Centeya, Carlos Gardel, Julio de Caro, Tita Merello, Benito Quinquela Martín, Edmundo Rivero, Horacio Ferrer and Aníbal Troilo,- and a mural created by Jorge Muscia paying homage to Homero Manzi. Near there is “La esquina del herrero, barro y pampa” (from the Tango titled “Sur”): Manzi was referring to Antonio Salustiano Musladino’s blacksmith shop which was in Centenera, between Cóndor and Tabaré. And lastly, in Esquiú and Centenera was the Luppi School, where Manzi studied between 1920 and 1923. In 1926 the school closed and in its place today is the bar called “El buzón.”

Buses: 6, 42, 44, 46, 135, 150 and 193.

6. Sur, paredón y después
Murals. 3150 Centenera (between Ramírez and Santa Catalina)

The famous “paredón” (thick wall) from Homero Manzi’s Tango, “Sur,” was the one in Luppi’s “Curtiembre y Charolaría” (Tannery and patent leather shop), one of the oldest ones in the country. The poet lived in Nueva Pompeya between the years 1921 and 1924, and about twenty-five years later composed this Tango through which he remembers an old love and brilliantly draws the neighborhood of Nueva Pompeya.
“Pompeya y más allá la inundación” makes reference to the time in which the neighborhood was an area with low structures which were flooded easily. The place was known as “los pagos del Riachuelo” when it wasn’t yet a neighborhood.

Its history is illustrated in the murals. The first one, painted by Chilo Tulissi, reminisces the floodings which affected the neighborhood at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The second one, painted by Daniel Gatica and Guillermo Palazón, recovers an image of Sáenz Avenue in the 1930’s. And lastly, Francisco Panarisi’s mural shows the old installations of “Curtiembre Luppi” (Luppi’s Tannery), which has been in the neighborhood since 1873.

Buses: 6, 42, 44, 46, 135, 150 y 193.

7. Iglesia Ortodoxa (Orthodox Church)
1418 Int. Francisco Rabanal Avenue

At the “Templo San Nicolás” (Saint Nicholas Temple) the Greek Orthodox cult is professed. It is also the headquarters of the “Asociación Helénica ‘Panelinion’” (Greek Association “Panelinion”), founded by Greek immigrants. The building’s style is eclectic and the interior decorations were brought from Greece.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

8. La Blanqueada (The Whitewashing)
Int. Francisco Rabanal Avenue and Sáenz Avenue

The local store “La Antigua Blanqueada” (The Old Whitewashing) was a stop in the “camino de los huesos” (presently Sáenz Avenue). It was called like that because it was surrounded by the skeletons of sacrificed cows before arriving at the Parque Patricios slaughterhouse. It turned into a meeting point for “compadritos” (swaggerers), “malevos” (thugs) and “guitarreros” (guitar players). It later became a “fonda” (cheap restaurant) and a grocery shop. Today it is a pizzeria.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 42, 44, 46, 75, 76, 85, 91, 112, 115, 128, 135, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

9. Puente Alsina (Alsina Bridge)
Sáenz Avenue on Riachuelo

Around the year 1859 the “Puente Alsina” was constructed. It joined Pompeya with Valentín Alsina over the Riachuelo. It has a Colonial style. In 1939, it was renamed “Puente Teniente General José Félix Uriburu,” after an Argentine soldier who lead the coup d’état of September 6, 1930, which overthrew Hipólito Irigoyen’s constitutional government.

Perhaps for that reason it is still called “Puente Alsina.” On it you can see the neighborhood’s emblem: the church of Pompeya’s image, the bridge, a streetlamp with an old large accordion with the “Argentine” seal, a tree which hugs the neighborhood with its branches and an intellectual shaking hands with a workman.

Buses: 9, 15, 28, 32, 44, 46, 75, 85, 91, 112, 128, 135, 158, 160, 165, 177, 178, 179, 188.

10. Colonia Obrera
Traful, Salí, Cachi and Lynch

“Nueva Pompeya” had always been a neighborhood inhabited by the working class people who worked at the nearby slaughterhouses. In 1912 a working-class neighborhood, characterized by the “Torre del Reloj,” was constructed. It was created by Don Orione. Here, in 1919, the people experienced a painful “Semana trágica,” a strike which was started in the metal shops, and had been supported by the neighbors. Its protests were severely repressed.

Buses: 37, 70.

11. Bar El Chino
3566 Beazley (and Cachi)

The “Bar El Chino” was born in 1944. It was the creation of Jorge “El Chino” Garcés who, besides controlling the grill and serving the tables, sang Tangos accompanied by guitar players. At “El Chino” Tango is expressed as a celebration, as a meeting place. A precarious architecture, posters and photographs for decoration and long tables covered with paper tablecloths for many guests. There is always a guitar or a large accordion playing and the neighborhood’s “chansoniers” singing.

Buses: 42, 46, 76, 188.

The neighborhood of Montserrat is located in the historic heart of the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina). At first it was called Montserrat because it housed a church which was built in 1750 by the architect Antonio Masella as a request made by the Catalonian farmer Juan Pedro Sierra in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat. That’s why the Buenos Aires city neighborhood should be called Montserrat, although its Hispanicized form of the name, “Monserrat,” can also be used.

During the 18th and 19th Centuries, the neighborhood was split up at the intersection of the streets “Piedras” and “Avenida de Mayo” in the southwest, while it was known as “Catedral al Sur” in the southeast. Throughout the years it was also called “Barrio del Tambor,” or “Barrio del Mondongo,” due to the great amount of black slaves that lived there.

Only after the renaming of the neighborhoods built at the end of 1969 by the then Local Mayor Saturnino Montero Ruiz, the neighborhood reached its present conformation. Since that time, the part closest to “Plaza de Mayo” is mistaken for the neighborhood of San Telmo, which reaches its limits at Chile Street, about eight blocks from there, and for which the area neighboring the “Plaza del Congreso” is usually called “Congreso.” The people of Montserrat, impelled by the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires’ government, aimed resources to value and restore a great part of the historic heart’s cultural and urban patrimony.

1. Plaza de Mayo
Balcarce, Rivadavia, Bolívar, Hipólito Yrigoyen

Together with Buenos Aires’ second foundation, in 1580, Juan de Garay decided Plaza Mayor’s (presently Plaza de Mayo) location. In 1810 it was the scene of the “Revolución de Mayo,” the beginning of Argentina’s independence; in 1816, it was where the Declaration of Independence was sworn in and in 1860 it was where the National Constitution was signed; during the dictatorship, as of 1977, it was the meeting place for the “Madres de Plaza de Mayo,” who demanded the turning up of their sons and daughters who were kidnapped by the military. Today it remains to be the concentration point for all social protests.
At the center of the plaza rises the Pyramid which commemorates the first anniversary of the Revolution of 1810.

2. Casa de Gobierno o Casa Rosada
50 Balcarce

The National Government’s head office has been here since the “Primera Junta” of 1810, but the present building was finished in 1884. President Sarmiento (1868-1874) was the one who decided to get the House of Government painted pink.

On Rivadavia is the presidential entrance; on the rear you can see the remains of the old “aduana” (customs); on Yrigoyen is the entrance to the Casa Rosada Museum.

3. Catedral Metropolitana
Rivadavia and San Martín

The first cathedral of Buenos Aires was built in 1622 in this same plot of land. The present building was finished in 1822, a century and a half later. Inside there are paintings and sculptures mainly by Italian artists. On a mausoleum rest the remains of the General José de San Martín, one of the heroes of the war for independence.

4. Cabildo
65 Bolívar

In colonial times it was the institution which represented the local interests. The present construction was begun at the beginning of the 18th Century, but it suffered many modifications up until today. Inside runs the “Museo del Cabildo y de la Revolución de Mayo.”

5. Monumento a Julio Argentino Roca
Diagonal Sur and Perú

It was inaugurated in 1941. On its marble-faced base are emphasized two great figures which represent Homeland and Work. The monument is crowned by an equestrian sculpture made of bronze, work which was done by José Zorrilla de San Martín. Julio Argentino Roca (1843-1914) participated in the battles of Cepeda and Pavón and the war with Paraguay. He was minister of war in Avellaneda, and under that charge he propelled and led the “Campaña al Desierto.” He was President of Argentina twice (1880-1886 and 1898-1904).

6. Manzana de las Luces – Iglesia San Ignacio – Colegio Nacional Buenos Aires
Alsina, Bolívar, Moreno, Perú

The Jesuits settled in this site in 1633. Following the order’s expulsion, in 1767, the University of Buenos Aires and the National Congress were built in “la Manzana” (a local way to say ‘block’). The blocks as a whole present underground galleries from the 18th Century which connect them with the surrounding buildings.

Iglesia de San Ignacio

It was started in 1686 and is the oldest church in the city. It was the Jesuits’ main temple.

Colegio Nacional Buenos Aires

It is one of the most prestigious in the country. Its history dates back to the beginning of the 18th Century, although it has carried its present name since 1863.

7. Librería de Ávila
500 Alsina

In 1785, a pharmacy was inaugurated on this corner. This would be the first place in the city to sell books. As of 1830 it became a book shop exclusively as well as one of the intellectual centers in the city. Presently, the place runs as the “Librería de Ávila,” the only shop in Buenos Aires which keeps its location and line since colonial times.

8. Casa de Maria Josefa Ezcurra
455 Alsina

The house was built in 1836. The façade’s composition shows the influence of the Italian renaissance. Their French-style doors keep the structure of boards used in colonial times. The bottom floor was used as a shop and the top floor was used as housing. María Josefa Ezcurra was Juan Manuel de Rosas’ (governor of Buenos Aires in mid-19th Century and one of national history’s most controversial politicians) sister-in-law.

9. Café La Puerto Rico
420 Alsina

It was inaugurated in 1887. The city of Buenos Aires legislature declared it an “Outstanding Bar.” The black-granite façade exhibits windows which show the rich wooden carpentries. There are seventy tables and Tango shows take place there.

10. Altos de Elorriaga
Defensa and Alsina

This is one of the city’s first high houses. The rooms surround a big inside patio. The viewpoint balcony from where the river was seen has been conserved. The façade is straight and whitewashed. There are railing balconies on the first floor.

11. Museo de la Ciudad – Farmacia La Estrella
Alsina and Defensa

On the bottom floor runs a pharmacy from 1834. Its ceiling was decorated by the Italian artist Parisi. Its shelves are made of walnut tree wood from Italy, and a museum on the top floor exhibits daily objects from Old Buenos Aires.

12. Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco – Capilla San Roque
Alsina and Defensa

Its construction began around 1730 according to Andrea Bianchi’s plans. It was inaugurated in 1754. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the German architect Sackmann remodeled the façade, giving it the baroque style it has today. The front is crowned by sculptures which represent “San Francisco de Asís” (Saint Francis of Assisi), Giotto, Dante Alighieri and Christopher Columbus. A part of the interior decoration and the main altarpiece disappeared during the fire of 1955. In order to repair it, one of the biggest carpets in the world (8 by 12 meters) was placed on the main altar. The “San Roque” chapel shares its portico with it, which opens every month on the sixteenth day when patron saint’s day is celebrated. In its interior images in polychrome wood from the 18th Century stand out.

13. Plazoleta San Francisco
Alsina and Defensa

Its statues, which represent Astronomy, Industry, Geography and Navigation, used to surround the “Pirámide de Mayo.” The small square was designed as a necessity to extend the church’s portico, due to the great amount of faithful who attended its services.

14. Bar El Colonial
Moreno and Defensa

This building conserves some bricks from colonial times, made of clay and straw and dried in an oven.

15. Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti
340 Moreno

It holds the most complete ethnographic and anthropological collection in the country, with elements from the Condorhuasi, Ona, Tehuelche, Guaraní and Toba cultures. The building, built in 1880, is the work of the architect Pedro Benoit.

16. Casa de Rivadavia
350 Defensa

In 1780, Bernardino Rivadavia (first president of Argentina in 1826) was born in this house. It has a colonial style and a simple façade; his overalls and the top cornice are conserved on the windows.

17. Casa de la Defensa / Museo Nacional del Grabado
372 Defensa

Here there was a stall which ran as a leather warehouse. The museum exhibits an extensive collection of contemporary engravers and also from the last century.

18. Basílica Nuestra Señora del Rosario / Convento de Santo Domingo
Belgrano Avenue and Defensa

The temple’s construction began in 1752 and was partially inaugurated in 1773. It’s one of the churches which conserves its original lines, with its Jesuit plant with three naves, and its side chapels which have little depth. It houses the remains of the 19th Century statesman Manuel Belgrano.

19. Solar de Manuel Belgrano / Edificio Calmer
Belgrano between Defensa and Bolívar

In this site Manuel Belgrano was born in 1770 and died in 1820.

20. House of Liniers
469 Venezuela
The only things that were conserved from the original construction were the façade and a few murals. Its first proprietor was Martín Simón de Sarratea, Santiago de Liniers’ father-in-law and second-to-last Viceroy of the La Plata River. Here the terms of English general Beresford’s surrender after one of England’s failing invasions were treated.

21. Ex Casa de la Moneda
Defensa and México

Diverse institutions were located succesively on this site: the “Hospital del Rey” and the “Cuartel de la Partida Celadora y el Cuerpo de Leones de Policía.” In 1775, the authorities set the “peso fuerte” (literally strong peso) as a monetary unit and therefore created the “Casa de la Moneda,” where bills, fiscal values and postal stamps were printed.
It is the work of the engineer E. Costilla, and was inaugurated in 1881 and ran until 1944. It’s an Italianized building, with a symmetric plant, a central patio and an iron and brick structure. It’s surrounded by a green space and it’s limited by a pillar siege and ornamental fences. In 1914 an annex was constructed on Balcarce Street. Presently it belongs to the Argentine Army.

22. Casa de José Hernández
524 México

A typical house of the 19th Century which belonged to the author of the “Martín Fierro.” Presently it houses the “Sociedad Argentina de Escritores” (Argentine Writers’ Society).

23. Ex Biblioteca Nacional
560 México

This building was constructed in 1901 to run as the “Lotería Nacional” (National Lottery) headquarters, but it was ceded to the National Library before it was finished. It is the work of the Italian architect Carlos Morra, and it is representative of the “Beaux Arts’” plain and monumental architecture. The library was transferred in 1992 to its present building in Austria and Libertador.

The neighborhood of La Boca is situated in Buenos Aires’ southeastern limit. It was named that way due to the fact that it’s located at the mouth of the Río de la Plata’s stream. At the time of the Spanish colonies La Boca was a place for barrack huts for black slaves.
The area where La Boca sits presently was the place where Pedro de Mendoza first founded Buenos Aires in 1536.

Buenos Aires’ main harbor was located in La Boca but its shallow depths didn’t allow the entering of big ships and for that reason, after Eduardo Madero’s proposal, the harbor was moved north. As it was the area with the most incoming ships, it began to be inhabited by Italian immigrants toward the end of the 19th century, mainly by those from Genoa, who gave the place its present appearance.

The immigrants would group together in tenements and would paint their houses with the remaining paint that the sailors would bring. The painter Quinquela, who lived in the neighborhood, reinterpreted its tradition by painting and advising the neighbors to use more vivid and various colors. These colors were also used to paint the buildings that he donated to the neighborhood: the Escuela-Museo (Museum-School), the Escuela de Artes Gráficas, the Lactario Municipal, the Jardín de infantes (kindergarten), and the Instituto Odontológico infantile (Children’s Dental Institute).
Among other reasons, the neighborhood is known for housing the Boca Juniors club stadium, one of the most important in the country.

1. Scenographic mural (Mural escenográfico)
Almirante Brown 36
It recreates a typical neighborhood scene with objects and drawings. Among its figures are the accordionist Aníbal Troilo, soccer player Diego Maradona and the painter from La Boca himself, Benito Quinquela Martín.

It was made by the neighbors of the Grupo de Teatro Catalinas Sur with the railings, the wood and the planking from a tenement that used to be there.

2. Yellow House (Casa Amarilla)
Almirante Brown 401
It’s a replica of Admiral Guillermo Brown’s house (a sailor with Irish origins who was a pioneer of the Argentine naval force), built on neighboring land.

The Department of Naval Historic Studies (Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales) and the Brownian Institute (Instituto Browniano) take place there. It includes a library and a hall for multiple uses.
The first theaters in La Boca were raised on avenida Almirante Brown: the Ateneo Iris, the Panterpe and the Dante Alighieri, where italian lyrical operas were represented.

3. Our Lady of Immigrants Church (Iglesia Nuestra Señora de los Inmigrantes)
Necochea 312
It pays homage to all the immigrants who arrived in Argentina and particularly to those who arrived in La Boca.
It was planned by the architect Luis Lanari and it was constructed with the help of immigrants from different countries. In its interior there is a bas-relief done by Roberto Capurro; the stained glass windows were done by Juan Ballester Peña, Raúl Russo and Armando Sicca.

4. Ghost’s Tower (Torre del Fantasma)
Almirante Brown Avenue and W. Villafañe
There is a legend in the neighborhood that says that in the viewpoint balcony of the top floor inhabits the ghost of a painter who committed suicide there.

The work was done by the architect Guillermo Álvarez.

5. Pizzería Banchero (pizza restaurant)
Almirante Brown 1200
The Genoan immigrant Agustín Banchero inaugurated it in 1932. It’s one of the most traditional pizzerias in Buenos Aires. There are two other branches in the city.

6. San Juan Evangelista Church (Iglesia San Juan Evangelista)
Olavarría 486
The original church began to function in 1859. In 1870, the neighbors claimed an independent jurisdiction to the Province Government (Gobierno de la Provincia). So, the San Juan Evangelista Church became the first Peace Court’s (Juzgado de Paz) see. This event settled the neighborhood’s jurisdictional limits.
The present temple was inaugurated in 1886 according to architect Pablo Bessana’s plans.

7. Voluntary Firefighter Station (Cuartel de Bomberos Voluntarios)
Brandsen 567
The Voluntary Firefighters corps was created on July 2nd of 1884 by Mister Tomas Liberti’s initiative.
Firefighters had a fundamental role during the yellow fever epidemic and also during the periodical flooding caused by the bursting of the Riachuelo.

8. Boca Juniors Stadium (Estadio Boca Juniors)
Brandsen 805
“La Bombonera” belongs to one of the two most popular soccer clubs in all of Argentina: Boca Juniors (the other one is River Plate, from the neighborhood of Núñez).

It has the capacity to hold 60,000 spectators and it was inaugurated in 1940. On its exterior there is a mural made by the artist Pérez Celis.

9. Wax Museum (Museo de Cera)
Del Valle Iberlucea 1261
The house dates back to the beginning of the 20th century; the Socialist Committee (Comité Socialista), presided by Dr. Alfredo Palacios, was settled here.
Today it houses the only wax museum in Argentina, in which the neighborhood’s essence is manifested through scenes that evoke Southern Buenos Aires’ epic poem, from its origins up until today.
The work of the sculptor and founder of the museum, Domingo Tellechea, is exposed in five galleries.

10. Bar La Perla
Magallanes and Del Valle Iberlucea
It’s one of the most traditional bars in the area. It’s located in an area with art galleries, antique shops and exhibition halls.

11. Museo Caminito Street (Calle Museo Caminito)
In the 1950’s, Arturo Cárrega (a neighbor), decided to recuperate the land where a narrow stream had first run and where the train later ran.

Cárrega summoned the painter Quinquela Martín, who baptized the 100-meter street with the name of “Caminito” after the title of the popular tango of 1926 by Peñalosa and Filiberto.

Donations made by different artists kept being added to the promenade. In 1959, “Caminito” was turned into an open museum without any doors or gates.

12. Voluntary Firefighters Square (Plazoleta Bomberos Voluntarios)
Lamadrid y Garibaldi
The square is found in a place where there used to be a vacant plot of land. It includes an amphitheater.

13. Proa Foundation (Fundación Proa)
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929
A non-profit institution which promotes contemporary art cultural projects. It houses important international exhibitions and carries out a series of conferences about current art.

14. Vuelta de Rocha
Av. Pedro de Mendoza and Del Valle Iberlucea.
Mister Antonio Rocha was the landowner of this land where today stands a square plaza with the shape of a ship, previously called “de los suspiros” (literally: of the sighs), because it was where the Genoans would gather to remember their homeland.

15.Pedro de Mendoza School and Quinquela Martín Museum (Escuela Pedro de Mendoza y Museo Quinquela Martín)
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1835

In 1933, Benito Quinquela Martín donated a terrain to construct a building which would house an elementary school, a museum of Argentine art and his own house and workshop.

The painter himself decorated the rooms with mural paintings. The museum’s collection, which is found on the third floor, was initiated by Quinquela Martín and it includes a lot of his work and those of other Argentine artists.

16. Teatro de La Ribera
Pedro de Mendoza 1821
It was constructed in land donated by Quinquela Martín, who also participated in the creation of the theater.
It was inaugurated in 1971 and it holds up to 700 spectators.

17. Old Ferry Bridge (Antiguo Puente Transbordador)
Pedro de Mendoza and Almirante Brown.

The railroad company inaugurated it in the South in 1914. Its structure is made of iron. The original bridge hung from a rigid skeleton cross linked to the upper car. Pedestrians, cars and streetcars transited it.

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The neighborhood of Caballito is located at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires’ geographic center. It is comprised by the following streets: Av. Juan B. Justo, Av. San Martín, Av. Ángel Gallardo, Río de Janeiro, Av. Rivadavia, Av. La Plata, Av. Directorio, Curapaligue and Tte. Gral. Donato Álvarez. Its commercial area is one of the city’s most important ones and is found on Rivadavia Avenue.

It is one of the most populated neighborhoods in Capital Federal, and the second most densely populated, just behind Recoleta. The only centenary place there, together with Parque Rivadavia, is the FerroCarril Oeste Club.

1. Plaza Primera Junta
Av. Rivadavia and Del Barco Centenera
It is one of the majorly concentrated public transport points in Buenos Aires. Below the plaza is the last A-line subway station, two blocks away from the Caballito train station, and a great amount of buses transit Avenida Rivadavia.
The plaza was officially inaugurated in 1893. It was originally used as a horsemen and carriage stand.
A used-book fair takes place there every day.

2. Historic streetcar
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The streetcar circulated in Buenos Aires between the years 1870 and 1963 as a public transport. It reopened in 1980 as a tour ride.

The trip begins at the corner of Emilio Mitre and José Bonifacio and takes place on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Wagons that were constructed in 1912, 1927 and 1961 participate in this service.

3. Mercado del Progreso (Progress Market)
Av. Rivadavia and Del Barco Centenera

It was inaugurated in 1889; it was constructed by the Sociedad del Progreso del Caballito (Caballito Progress Society).
The façade was made in an Italian style, but it was reformed with “art decó” elements.
Today, the market is made up of 17 shops in premises that face the exterior and 174 stands in the interior.

4. Parque Rivadavia (Rivadavia Park)
Rivadavia, Doblas, Rosario, Beauchef

It was inaugurated in 1928 with the presence of the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires and the Nation’s president, Marcelo T. de Alvear. The land had until then been property of the Lezica family, who had constructed a summer house there.

It houses a great book and magazine fair. Since the 1940’s, during the weekends, the park is a meeting place for stamp and coin collectors.

5. Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Caacupé (Our Lady of Caacupé Parish Church)
Av. Rivadavia 4879
In 1883, the Santa Unión sisters bought this land, where an estate was raised. Three years later they constructed a chapel, which was replaced by the present one in 1908. The architect was Alejandro Christophersen, author of the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires, among others. The style is romantic.
It has Irish stained-glass windows, Carrara marble statues and a black marble altar.

6. Club Italiano (Italian Club)
Nicasio Oroño 566
It was founded in 1898 with the name of Club Ciclista Italiano (Italian Cyclist Club). This venue was constructed in 1910 in land that was ceded by an associate. A year later, when the bicycle lost its period of novelty, the members decided to simplify the club’s name.
Today, it holds a number of sport and social events.

7. Parque Centenario (Centenary Park)
Avenidas Leopoldo Marechal, Ángel Gallardo, Díaz Velez and Calle Río de Janeiro
As well as the one in Parque Rivadavia, this land also originally belonged to the Lezica family. In 1898 it was purchased by the city of Buenos Aires’ government for the construction of a promenade that would be called Parque del Oeste or Parque Central. In 1909, it received its present name as a commemoration of the independence revolution of May of 1810.

The design was made by the French landscape gardener Carlos Thays, the most important one of that period in Buenos Aires.

8. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Argentinean Museum of Natural Sciences Bernardino Rivadavia)
Av. Ángel Gallardo 490
Rivadavia was the first national president in 1826. Previously, as secretary of the first triumvirate, he asked the state governors to gather specimens and objects from the wilderness to form a museum, which became the country’s first public museum in 1823, and later received the name of Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Museum of Natural Science).

It has been in its present location since 1931.

9. Iglesia Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Dolores Church)
Av. Díaz Vélez 4850
Its construction began in 1920. It has an Italian style and eclectic ornamentation. The patron holiday is celebrated on September 15, but it takes place on the third Sunday of that month.
A bust from the venerable Cayetano Errico can be observed at the temple’s entrance, from the order of the Misioneros de los Sagrados Corazones (Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts), a congregation of Italian origin.

Boedo is the only case in which a district of the city takes its name from the street that characterizes it. Boedo Avenue was designated as such in 1882, in tribute to Dr. Mariano Boedo, a brilliant jurist who was born in July 25 of 1782. He dedicated his life to the Independence cause in very important roles culminating with his appointment as Vice President of the Congress of Tucumán. In 1817 he was elected president

The territory now corresponds to Boedo was originally occupied by the brick kilns, dairy farms, mills, bakers, local stores and warehouses, and at the beginning of the century,cafes with lots of tango and the presence of outlaws and poets.

1. Restaurante Esquina dos Mundos
Avenida Boedo 699
A typical restaurant of the city of Buenos Aires that specializes on grilled meats and pasta. Its name was inherited from an old bazaar that used to take place on that corner.

2. Bar Delu
Avenida Boedo 787

A bar and restaurant that serves traditional Buenos Aires food: pizza, grilled meats and pasta. It’s part of a chain that has five other premises throughout the city.

3. Bar Alenjo
Avenida Boedo 825

4. Confitería Trianón
Avenida Boedo 845

It opened in 1940 was shortly popular among intellectuals and artists. It functions as a café, restaurant and pizzeria, but its most famous dish is the “pavita” sandwich.

5. Espacio de Teatro Boedo XXI
Avenida Boedo 853

This theatrical space features plays for both children and adults. Some of their plays combine theater with tango.

6. Café Margot
Avenida Boedo 857

A restaurant with a typical Buenos Aires environment. It’s mainly visited for its “picadas” (appetizers/nibbles), which can be accompanied with draft “sidra” (apple cider with alcohol) or beer.

7. Pan y Arte (Bread and Art)
Avenida Boedo 880

A popular restaurant which combines regional Argentine food with the food from Buenos Aires with a modern style.

8. Esquina Osvaldo Pugliese (ex Bar Recuerdo)
Avenida Boedo 909

This house of Tango takes place in the premise where the old Bar Alabama used to be, which was frequently visited by Osvaldo Pugliese, one of the main figures of Buenos Aires music.
Pugliese (1905 – 1995) was a pianist, director and composer. His orchestra’s style is one of the major influences of Tango even until today. Among his most famous songs are “Recuerdo,” “Negracha” and “La yumba.”
“Recuerdo” is the first Tango that was published by Osvaldo Pugliese.

9. Escuela de tango Boedo (Boedo School of Tango)
Avenida Boedo 942

Here, classes are offered to beginner, advanced and profesional dancers, including children.

10. Café Florida
Avenida Boedo 944

11. Esquina Homero Manzi
Avenida San Juan 3601

A typical Buenos Aires “tangueria,” where you can dine while you see the show. Previously, there was a bar –opened in 1927– which was frequented by Homero Manzi (1907 – 1951).

It was renamed with its present name toward the end of the twentieth century.

Manzi wrote, among many others, the lyrics of the Tangos “Sur,” “Malena” and “Che, bandoneón.”

12. Bar Miño
Avenida San Juan 3594

A traditional Buenos Aires bar and restaurant. They sell a famous pizza with ten slices (the traditional one has eight).

13. Bar Esquina Sur
Avenida San Juan 3602

Tango shows corner.

14. Corner of San Juan and Boedo avenues (Esquina de las avenidas San Juan y Boedo)

This corner is famous for the Tango called “Sur,” one of the most popular of its genre, with lyrics by Homero Manzi and music by Aníbal Troilo: “San Juan y Boedo antiguo, y todo el cielo…”

The neighbourhood of Belgrano is situated in the northwest zone of the city of Buenos Aires. It is one of the most residential and refined of Buenos Aires. It has a great number of ancient and important senior`s houses, most of them are typical of the past Century. In spite of this, in this neighbourhood, modern, sophisticated and comfortable flats of apartments has been built.

Belgrano is a neighborhood full of culture, tradition and history. Walkin by its streets we can see monuments, museums, libraries and Amazing parks. It was designed by Carlos Thays, the french architect contracted by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, responsible for many of the most beautiful Parks in the country.

1. De la Concepción Church
2042 Vuelta de Obligado street

It was inaugurated in 1878. Because of its rounded floor it is popular known as “La redonda”. A mármol leader takes you to the principal entry; the front side shows ten columns made of flat fuste and capitel corintio.

Its cupula has 20 meters and it stands on the internal columns ring.

2. General Manuel Belgrano square
Vuelta de Obligado and Juramento avenue

On sundays and holydays it gives place to a craftsman`s fair with almost a hundred stands. In the center of the Square we can see the Belgrano`s monument, inaugurated in 1961, designed by the sculptor Hector Rocha.

Manuel Belgrano (1770-1812) was a lawyer, politician and portenian militar man. He took part of the independence war and created the national flag in 1982.

3. Spanish art museum Enrique Larreta
2291 Juramento avenue

It was built as a summer house in 1882. Its owner, Josefina Anchorena, got married with Enrique Larreta, argentinian ambassador in France and writer.

Its collection of spanish art was donated by the portenian government and became the museum patrimony.

In the back of the museum we can find one of the most beautiful andalusian garden in the city.

4. Sarmiento History museum
2079 Cuba street

It was inaugurated in 1871 as a seat of the county of Belgrano; The style is eclectic, with italian influencies. In 1880, because of disputes between Buenos Aires and the provinces, it was seat of the national government.
The museum collection is composed of objects, the library and the archive of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), writer and politician who was president of the country between 1868 and 1874.

5. Líbero Badii museum (Valentín Alsina`s house)
1966 11 de septiembre street

The museum exhibits sculptures, paints, impressions and drags of Baldi (1946-2001), one of the principal argentinian scupturers of the XX Century.

The building –of 1856- was the country house of valentin Alsina (1802-1869), an argentinian writer and politician that was governor of Buenos Aires twice.

6. Belgrano`s Barrancas
Zavalía and Juramento avenue

Is one of the most beautiful parks in the city and one of the few natural gully that are conserved. It has 67 vegetable species planted: ombues, palmeras, magnolias, paraísos, tilos, robles, madreselvas, ceibos, platanos, etc.

Among the sculptures there`s a replic of the statue of liberty realized by the author of the original one, the french Frederic Bartholdi.

In the high part of the park there is a glorieta where orchestras play and where tango is danced.

7. Belgrano`s club
1701 Arribeños street

It was foundated in 1909. Nowadays it occupies the ancient stancia casc of the general Manuel Corvalan, Juan Manuel de Rosa`s assistant.
It is a work of Juan A. Buschiazzo, an important architect and urbanist that started to work by the ends of the XIX century.

8. Belgrano station C
Freire and Juramento avenue

Its building started in 1878. The lands at the East of the station were covered by the Waters, and were won to the river by the Holders system. Even today the train makes de difference between the High Belgrano and the Low one.

9. Chinese neighbourhood
Arribeños and Juramento avenue

Asian Inmigrants, specially from Taiwan, started to establish in the zone in the decade of 1980.

The neighbourhood is visited because of its gastronomic and cultural offer (restaurants and supermarkets of western products, excelent fish shops) (manga shops, anime, and decoration).

10. Sculpture`s garden
Monroe and Húsares street

It was an abandoned land that the neighbours decided to bring back for the neighbouhood in 1996. Four years later the garden was inaugurated, specially designed for the exhibition of sculptures in the open air. It is the Only one in its type in Buenos Aires.
It depends on the portenian government.

11. Club Atlético River Plate
7597 Figueroa Alcorta avenue

River is one of the two most popular futbol clubs in the World, together with its adversary Boca Juniors. The pitch, inaugurated in 1938, is well known as “El Monumental”. Its capacity of 79.609 spectators is the biggest in the country.

The national football team plays here most of the time when they have to do it in argentina, and moreover, is seat of crowded musical shows.

This neighbourhood owes its name to the ancient barracas that were built by the end of the XVIII Century. In the Left side of the Riachuelo. Some people think that the first buidings were precarious improvised sheds used to store leather and other products that had to be board in the Riachuelo, these were located in between the actual barrancas of Parque Lezama and La Vuelta de Rocha. There were lots of barracas in the city, that were named in different ways, in this case, they were called las Barracas del Riachuelo. Some history people hold that las barracas was the first place where Black slaves Landed when they reach the Rio de la Plata.

1. Martín García avenue
It was the old way to Magdalena and Quilmes, called “Camino a la Ensenada de Barragan”, initially started in the Plaza Mayor, with the out of the karts from the port by the Defensa road and Humberto primo. The Almirante Brown avenue leads to La Boca neighbourhood.

2. Canale Factory
Martín García avenue, in front of Parque Lezama.

The famous and ancient biscuits factory has perfumed the neighbourhood with a sweet smell. It has two cupulas and it is decorated with mayolicas.

3. 584 Martín García Avenue
Here was the Almirante Brown`s farm. He was an Irish sailor who created the first argentinian naval fleet.

4. Montes de Oca Avenue (Long street)
It goes from Caseros avenue to the Riachuelo. In the beginnings of the XX Century, when the south was the most exclusive zone in Buenos Aires, in this avenue the most representative families had their farms, like Los Balcarce, los Diaz Velez, Los Santamarisno, los Udaondo, los Elizalde and los Ramos Mejia, among others.

5. Santa Lucía`s church
550 Montes de Oca Avenue
Santa Lucia is the patroness of the neighbouhood. The first chapel was foundated in 1783. Every 13th december a procesión is done trough the Avenida Montes de Oca in honour of the saint patroness of la Vista.

6. Colombia Square
Avenida Montes de Oca, Isabel la Católica, Brandsen and Pinzón

It was part of the farm that was occupied in the first years of the colony by the Martin de Alzaga`s farm, he was a Rich and importan Basque businessman, heroe of the portenian defense during the english invations in 1806 and 1807.
The principal house occupied the center of the Square and it was where Alzaga installed the headquarter of his troops when he revealed against the government of la Revolucion de Mayo. A slave denounced him and Alzaga was arrested, sentenced and shot.

The mast and the sculpture Group realized in bronze is the work of Julio C. Begottini. Another bust of the same sculptor reminds the General San Martin and also exists a monumento to his mother, of Pedro Trenti.

7. Santa Felicitas church
Isabel, La Católica, between Pinzón and Brandsen

Felicitas Guerrero was a young and Rich widow girl, considere done of the most beautiful women in Buenos Aires; In 1872 she was murdered by a pretendant, the dandy Enrique Ocampo (Uncle of the writers Victoria and Silvina).

In memory of her daughter, Her parents made this temple in 1875, as a project of the architect Bunge. The church combines purely eclectic elements with gothic reminiscences. Is the Orly church in Buenos Aires with statues of seglares; Realized in mármol de Carrara and represents Felicitas with her children and Martin de Alzaga.

8. Israelite temple Or Torah
Brandsen 1444

Is the work of the architect Valentini. It has an oriental style, the front side with big windows and a central gate, and ends with a great cupula of onioned segments that highlights among the buildings of the neighbourhood. In the inside we can see a beautiful andaluz garden of multicolored mosaics.

9. Argentinian factoy of Alpargatas
1142 Regimiento de Patricios avenue

It is a serie of buildings that were property of the most important fabric factory of Argentina. A vasco, Juan Echegaray, and a scottish, Robert Fraser, foundated in 1883.

10. El Águila-Saint, Chocolate`s factory
Herrera between Brandsen and Suárez

The corners of the building are coronated by the eagle that was the symbol of this traditional argentinian chocolate factory.

11. Lanín street
Close to the ancient Aguila chocolate factory there`s the Lanin street. This street, short and sinuous, is a permanente show of urban and street art, and goes at the train railway`s side.

The project –that takes Lanin from Brandsen to Suarez- is the work of the plastic artista Marino Santa Maria, that proposed to paint colours in the front sides and walls of the houses with vertical, horizontal, and Waved shapes.

12. Railway neighbourhood
Australia 2700

This little neighbourhood, of english architecture, was built for the train station workers. They are 300 apartments aproximately.

The Avenida de Mayo, located in Monserrat a portenian neighbourhood, was the first boulevard in the city. And the spinal column of the historical and civic center of this place. It was born opulent and majestic and as the time passed it became in a symbol of the argentinian-spanish relationships, and in a scenary of all portenian social demonstrations. It was the first avenue in the republic and South America.

It starts in Bolivar street. And from East to west runs between the laterals Hipólito Yrigoyen and Avenida Rivadavia. In this way conects the historical Plaza de Mayo with Plaza Congreso in an extention of ten blocks.

It was inaugurated in 1894 as an excuse that it would be a lung of the population that was centered in the central side of the urbe and would be, moreover, the face of the presentation of the city in the whole World.

1. Seat of the government of the city of Buenos Aires
Avenida de Mayo 525

This building –Built between 1891 and 1902- is a work of the italian architect Giovanni Cagnoni. His style belongs to the French academical one. With italian elements. In the indoors we you can see two big oleos: “Preparativos de salida”, by Benito Quinquela Martin, and “The foundation of Buenos Aires”, by Jose Moreno Carbonero.

2. Culture`s house (Ex building of La Prensa newspaper)
Avenida de Mayo 575

This building, of french academicist style,was inaugurated in 1896 and was designed by the engineers Gainza and Agote. In the first floor highlights the Salon Dorado, an exact copy of the Versalles Palace. It was te seat of La Prensa Newspaper y was built with transmitters and of cable, news and telephones. The building ends in a bronze statue that holds an antorch and a writen paper, as a symbol of the press liberty.The beacon was used to broadcast news, with coloured lights.
At the present is seat of the Culture`s Secretary of the government of the city of Buenos Aires, and there takes place a number of free cultural activities.

3. El Cabildo
Avenida de Mayo and Bolívar

El Cabildo was seat of the government of Buenos Aires in the colony times. The members of El Cabildo –elected by public votes of the neighbours- met here weekly.
The original work was directed by the italian architect Giovanni Andrea Bianchi, It was inaugurated in 1740. During the centuries it suffered a number of modifications, among them, the lost of 6 of the 11 arcades that used to have. There the ¨Revolución de Mayo¨ (May Revolution) was oficialized (First expresión of the independence of Spain) with the mane of the Primera Junta of the government in 1810.

Inside, the museum of El Cabildo and the May revolution, the National comission of monuments, museums and historical walks and a crafts fair.

4. Pasaje Roverano
Avenida de Mayo 506

This alley –that keeps the name of its first owner- Was built in 1878, but had to be remodelated when Avenida de Mayo opened. The material and the hand work are excelent, as we can see in the stained glass, in the Windows bends and in the originals carpentry of bronze of the local of the passage. It joins the Avenida de Mayo with Hipolito Irigoyen and is the Orly house that has a particular Entrance to the Subway, line A –Peru station-

5. Peru Subway station
Avenida de Mayo 500

The Subway A –inaugurated in 1913- was the first in Buenos Aires and in South America. Peru Station keeps the architecture of the opening`s time and old publicity banners too.

6. London City cafe
Avenida de Mayo 599

“The London” Was inaugurated in 1954, and since that it is visited by politicians and employees that work in the centre. In its tables, the argentinian writer Julio Cortazar wrote his play “Los Premios”. In the first page we can read: “It was in the London of Peru and Avenida”

7. Palacio Urquiza Anchorena
Avenida de Mayo 747

A passage of this building connects Avenida de Mayo with Rivadavia. It was built by the engineer Sanguinetti in 1912.

The cupula of this building is one of the 24 of the avenue that will be lit by the government of the city.

8. Palacio Vera
Avenida de Mayo 767 – 777

This Palace art noveau, with its curved lines and beveled glasses, was built in 1910 by the architects Prins and Razenhofler as a home for the Diaz Velez family. At the present there are two libraries in that place. They specializes in first editions and rare copies.

9. Café Tortoni
Avenida de Mayo 825

It was foundated in 1858 by a french inmigrant, is the most antique cafe in Buenos Aires. It has been in the same place since 1880 (in its beginnings it worked in the corner).

In 1898 the awesome gates in Avenida de Mayo were opened. The front side is the work of the architect Alejandro Christophersen.

Two decades after, the Tortoni was already center of meetings of portenian`s intelectuals. In the inside of the cafe –always full of portenians and tourists- paintings, poems and statues reveales its history.

In the Tortoni we can see Jazz and tango concerts ; At the back you can play pool. In its menu remain some drinks in extinction, like the merengada milk.

10. Hotel Castelar
Avenida de Mayo 1150

This work belongs to the architect Mario Palanti, also responsible for El Palacio Barolo, it was inaugurated in 1929. One of the most important Hotels in Buenos Aires, The Castelar Lodge the spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the six months he lived in this city, in the decade of 1930.

The hotel was also seat of famous artists like Norah Lange, Jorge Luis Borges, Oliverio Girondo, and many others.

11. Teatro Avenida
Avenida de Mayo 1212

It was inaugurated in 1908 with a work of Lope de Vega. The zarzuelas of el Avenida were a classic in Buenos Aires, until the theatre closed in 1979 because of a burning. The re-opening was in 1994, with the performance of the spanish singer Placido Domingo.
At the present, this theatre keeps its dramatic spanish tradition.

12. Bar Los 36 billares
Avenida de Mayo 1265

It was inaugurated in 1894, “Los 36” is one of the most tradicional bars in Buenos Aires, and one of the most important centers of billar all over the country. It has pool, snooker and, of course, billar tables.

13. Hotel Chile
Avenida de Mayo 1297

This work belongs to the french architect Jules Dubois, and it is an exponent of the art noveau style of the beginnings of the Century with its front side full of sinuous lines and Rich ornamental details. The hotel opened in 1935.

14. Ancient Majestic Hotel
Avenida de Mayo 1317

This work belongs to the architects Federico Collivadino and Italo Benedetti, it was completely built by 1909. The hotel Lodged many distinguished guests, like nijinsky and Le Corbusier. At the present, here Works a branch of the Federal boureau of public incomes –AFIP- and is seat of the organism`s museum, where we can find from instruments to make alcohol to a baul used to collect taxes in the XIX century

15. Building Critica Newspaper
Avenida de Mayo 1333

It was seat of “CRITICA”, a popular newspaper, property of Natalio Botana. This work was directed by the hungarian architects Gyorgy and Andres Kalnay. Its frontside shows elements from the art-deco style. In the ex “Critica” newspaper, that had its splendor years between 1920 and 1930, helped Raul Gonzalez Tuñon, Roberto Arlt, Jorge Luis Borges, Ulyses Petit de Murat and Florencio Escardo.
At the present here there are some offices of the Federal Police.

16. Edificio Barolo
Avenida de Mayo 1370

The Barolo Palace was built by the italian architect Mario Palanti for Luis Barolo, a powerful fabric businessman. Inaugurated in 1923 was the highest buiding in the city of Buenos Aires, until the building of the Kavanagh in 1935. Each floor has a different design and the cupula central is at the same high as a 24th floor. Since many years it is an offices building. There is a Lighthouse in its cupula of 300,000 spark plugs used to broadcast news.

Palatini was a studious of the Dante Alighieri; The building , of a romantic neogothic style, is full of analogies and referencies to the Divina Comedia. The plant of the building was built based in the Golden section and in the number of gold like La Comedia, the Palace is divided in three parts: Hell, Purgatory, and Sky.

The lighthouse represents the 9 angelical choruses. la constelación de la Cruz del Sur is above the lighthouse, that is alineada with the axe of the Barolo in the first days of June at 7.45 pm. The building is 100 meters high, and 100 are the chants of the Divina Comedia. The Salvo Palace (El Palacio Salvo), in Montevideo, is the twin brother of El Barolo.

17. Edificio La Inmobiliaria
Avenida de Mayo between Luis Saénz Peña and San José

The name is the one of its first owner, an ensurance company. The work is dated in 1910 and was thought by Luis Broggi. Its red cupulas and its general lines are considered into the neo-renassaince. In the last floor we can see the statues of Venus and Apolo.

18. Congreso de la Nación
Entre Ríos Avenue between Hipólito Irigoyen y Rivadavia

This building is seat of the legislature and hosts the senators and deputies camera. It was designed by the italian architect Victor Meano, but after his death the work was concluded by Julio Dormal.

It was started by the ends of the XIX Century. In spite it was used since 1906, it wasn`t finished until 1946. El Congreso has the biggest cupula of the city.

19. Confitería del Molino
Avenida Rivadavia 1801

Despite the café opened in 1860, the actual building was finished in 1917. The design, of art-noveau style, is the italian architect`s Francesco gianotti.

Because it is in front of the congress, it`s always been a place where argentinian politicians meet.The cafe has remained closed since 1997.