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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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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