Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Corrientes Avenue (Avenida Corrientes)

Along this avenue we find the country's most important theaters, and you can enjoy all kind of plays. From Shakespeare's drama to the variety theater, with vedettes and risque humour. There also are many bookstores that remain open up to very late and hundreds of cafes where to sit and chat or simple hang out. A Street that never sleeps. Subte Line B exit at Estacion Carlos Pellegrini.

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Microcentro

Buenos Aires downtown, also known as Microcentro, is the busiest place in town. Financial, institutional, and commercial center of Buenos Aires, its main streets are the popular Corrientes Avenue, Florida pedestrian street, and the beautiful De Mayo Avenue. The epicenter of political demonstrations and social events in the history of Argentina is the Plaza de Mayo (May Square), where the Casa Rosada, the national government, stands. From its balcony the country's leaders have addressed the people, as Eva Peron did. And a few blocks further, we find Buenos Aires' most representative historical monument, the Obelisk.

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