Friday, October 30, 2009

Recoleta Cemetery

Located at Junin 1760 - Phone 4803-1594

Timetable: Everyday 7am to 5:45pm
Guided visits in English Tuesday and Thursday 11am
Free Admission

Inside this exclusive cemetery we find the remains of Argentina's most famous people. Facundo Quiroga, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and the most famous Argentinian woman: Eva Peron, "Evita".

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

National Historical Museum

Museo Historico Nacional

Defensa 1600 - Phone: 4307-1182
Timetable: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am to 6 pm.

Founded in 1889, in this museum you can visit key pieces of the Argentinean history: exotic pieces such as San Martin's campaign cot, Juan Manuel de Rosas' armchair and guitar, the inkwell that the Representatives of the Provinces used to sign the 1853 National Constitution, and Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson's piano. There also are 32 oil paintings on the war with Paraguay of the artist Candido Lopez that are worthwhile the visit to the museum. You may get there with Subway Line C exit Estacion Constitucion.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Casa FOA

From September 4 to October 18, 2009.
Timetable: 12pm to 8pm.
Location: Avenida del Libertador 4101 - Buenos Aires

Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina (FOA), was born on November 30, 1964. It was created by Enrique Segundo Malbran, whose vision and inititative led him to the creation of this non-profit private institution.

Casa FOA was launched for the first time in 1985, when Mrs Mercedes Malbran de Campos and a group of other ladies started it as a way of raising funds for Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina (Argentinean Ophtalmology Foundation) Jorge Malbran (FOA).

Casa FOA is, essentially, a setting for exhibitors to show their creativity, a meeting place where designers, architects, decorators and ladscape gardeners share their vision with the assisting public. Each year Casa FOA is held on a different environment, this year is held for the second time at the Palermo Horse Racetrack (Hipodromo de Palermo).

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Ruth Benzacar Gallery

Galeria Ruth Benzacar

Florida 1000 - Phone: 4313-8480

Timetable: Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 8 pm; Saturday 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
An art gallery with the most modern tendencies of Argentinean and Latin American art. Conservatives should abstain. Subway Line C exit Estacion San Martin.

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