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San Telmo
- Buenos Aires,
Argentina
payadores are made. Also in this
area several local of antiques are resided. They stand out the 1734 building
of the Church of San Telmo, the Museum of Modern Art, an enormous building
of bricks that before belonged to a tobacco factory, the Market San Telmo in
Carlos Calvo and Bolivar, with an intact architecture of more than 100 years,
the Viejo Almacén, place tanguero par excellence, besides other so many
coffee and pubs that are in the proximities of the Plaza Dorrego. In an end
of the neighborhood it is the Park Lezama, erected in a difference in the
old ravine of the river, considered as one of the supposed locations of the
first foundation that has in their interior the gratuitous National Museum
of History, in the old residence of the family Lezama, a mirador, an
amphitheater and monuments like that of the International Confraternity
donated by the city of Montevideo, and that of Pedro de Mendoza. In front of
the park he/she is the Russian Orthodox Church, with their typical domes. In
this park part of the history of "Sobre Héroes y Tumbas" of Ernesto Sábato
is centered.
The
best time to walk around San Telmo is either on Saturday or Sunday, as the
main streets become pedestrian. During the week there's traffic and many
people rushing in the streets. It's true that at the weekend it becomes a
tourist spot, but you'll also get to see one of the best antiques markets in
town, as well as buskers singing and dancing tango.
It's the cobbled-stoned streets and the old buildings which make this place
unique and a must-see. BTW, at night the place is very nice too (lots of
lights). It's got some good restaurants and bars.
The San
Telmo Antiques Fair of Buenos Aires is centered in the small Plaza Dorrego,
which is transformed each Sunday morning into a flea market, with hundreds
of booths selling everything from used tourist "junk" to pricey antiques. It
is a great place to browse and people watch. Many sidewalk cafes surround
the San Telmo market, so the atmosphere is quite festive. San Telmo is the
heart of Buenos Aires' tango district, and we were delighted to see a couple
dancing for small change in one of the market's open areas.
San Temo main attractions:
National
Historical Museum:
Argentine history from the 16th
through the 19th centuries comes to life in the former Lezama family home.
The expansive Italian-style mansion houses 30 rooms with items saved from
Jesuit missions, paintings illustrating clashes between the Spaniards and
Indians, and relics from the War of Independence against Spain. The focal
point of the museum's collection is artist Cándido López's series of
captivating scenes of the war against Paraguay in the 1870s.
The Engineering School (Ex The Eva Perón Foundation): This imposing
building takes up an entire block. It was once the headquarters for the Eva
Perón Foundation, a foundation Evita established to distribute funds to
needy children and families, as well as, some say, siphon funds for personal
use. Today there is little to mark the former use of the building,
miraculously saved by the subsequent military regime, who felt it was too
important and expensive a building to demolish as had been the case with
other sites associated with Evita. Only a tiny plaque, affixed to a lobby
column in 2002, explains the relationship -- though someone has vandalized
the sign, stealing the image of Evita with it. Nevertheless, this is a grand
1940s classical building, reserved in style, with simple Doric columns
fronting Paseo Colón. It is decorated with sumptuous multicolored marble on
all the floors and walls throughout the structure. As an engineering school,
it is brimming with students, but it still maintains a hushed atmosphere of
quiet academic pursuits. The dean's office was once Evita's own. As a public
building, anyone can enter it, but the school offers no information or tours
based on its former use and discourages random wanderers.
to demolish as had been the case with
other sites associated with Evita. Only a tiny plaque, affixed to a lobby
column in 2002, explains the relationship -- though someone has vandalized
the sign, stealing the image of Evita with it. Nevertheless, this is a grand
1940s classical building, reserved in style, with simple Doric columns
fronting Paseo Colón. It is decorated with sumptuous multicolored marble on
all the floors and walls throughout the structure.
As an to demolish as had been the case with
other sites associated with Evita. Only a tiny plaque, affixed to a lobby
column in 2002, explains the relationship -- though someone has vandalized
the sign, stealing the image of Evita with it. Nevertheless, this is a grand
1940s classical building, reserved in style, with simple Doric columns
fronting Paseo Colón. It is decorated with sumptuous multicolored marble on
all the floors and walls throughout the structure. As an engineering school,
it is brimming with students, but it still maintains a hushed atmosphere of
quiet academic pursuits. The dean's office was once Evita's own. As a public
building, anyone can enter it, but the school offers no information or tours
based on its former use and discourages random wanderers. |
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