Address: Perú 272 - MonserratThe whole nation somehow originated in this block consisting of the former Venue of the Jesuit Order and School, place of tunnels where the most precious freights could be secretly acquired, and the symbol of Academism;…
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Address: Rivadavia y San Martín s/n - San NicolásTogether with the Cabildo, it is part of the Historic core where the city originated, being designated by Juan de Garay as the major church. It carries a large background of projects,…
Address: Humberto I 340 - San TelmoThis church began to be built during the last part of 1734 with the Jesuit preacher and architect Andrés Blanqui. It still keeps the original colonial austere features in its interior but its façade…
Address: Bartolomé Mitre 1525 / 1573 - San NicolásThis passage covers three blocks in a “U” form around the church of the same name, and the same name the street where they join used to have until it was named…
Address: Bolívar 225 - MonserratThis is the oldest church in the city and it is part of the “Manzana de las luces”. This church is the result of the Jesuit, Krauss and of the Italians, Bianchi and Prímoli. It has…
Address: Av. Rivadavia 1495 - MonserratIt was inaugurated in 1865, thus being not just the city’s first theater, but also the first in Latin America. At first, it was the Mecca for Variete, and owes its creation to the businessman…
Address: Av. Brasil 1138 - Constitución This renewed train station belongs to the former Gral. Roca Railway Line. The trains that head towards the southern part of the suburbs of the city of Buenos Aires depart from here and they…
Address: Azopardo 802 - San TelmoThe CGT (literally, the General Confederation of Labour) is a union organization that influenced the course of Argentinian history. Its origin dates back to 1930 as a result of the agreement between socialist and union…
Address: Avenida Alvear s/n - RecoletaThis avenue was projected in 1885 by decision of major Torcuato de Alvear, being first called “Bella Vista”. It starts where the monument to Carlos Pellegrini stands, in Pellegrini square, and ends where the monument…
Address: Libertador y Tagle S/N - RecoletaThis giant floor was inaugurated in 2002, in an immense four-hectare park, whose paths were redesigned for the better appreciation of the flower from all perspectives. It has six petals made of silvery steel…
Address: Florida 1040 - RetiroBecause of its historical value, the San Martín Square is second in importance, following Plaza de Mayo. Its first antecedent dates from 1801, when, in the prolongation of Santa Fe Avenue and Marcelo T. de Alvear…
Address: Pedro de Mendoza y Almirante Brown s/n - La BocaThe Nicolás Avellaneda bridge stands out in the mouth of the Riachuelo as one of the most descriptive postcards of the city of Buenos Aires. It was inaugurated in 1914…
Address: Balcarce 139 - MonserratThe National Academy of History occupies the building of Balcarce 139, on the site where the hero of Independence General Antonio González Balcarce was born and where the National Congress was raised between 1864 and 1905.…
Address: Av. Libertador y Castilla (dentro de plaza.) - RecoletaIt has been erected as a tribute to the Chilean writer Pablo Neruda, an icon of all-times in terms of the most sublime love poetry along Hispanic American literature and history…
Address: Florida 99 - San NicolásThis building rises as the symbol of past times when, after World War I, the first north American companies came to the country with an interest in the wool market. This agency of the First…
Address: Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125 - RetiroThis theater was originally called “Italian House in Buenos Aires”. Even if it inaugurated in 1906, its construction extended until 1961 due to myriad inconveniences, thus delaying the start of the activity until…
Address: Av. Del Libertador entre Austria, Tagle y Figueroa Alcorta. s / n - RecoletaTo honor General Jose Gervasio Artigas, the “father” of Uruguay, this monument stands in the center of the square. This work stands out because of the…
Address: Florida 877 - RetiroThis building founded in 1914 was conceived, in its monumentality and features, as a replica of the famous Harrods store in London. It shared its time of splendour with Gath & Chaves, as symbols of the…
Address: Av. San Juan 350 - San TelmoThe typical industrial façade, built in 1918, belonged to the Nobleza Piccardo business organization and it used to function as a deposit of the black cigarette manufacturer, the brand name was 43. The…
Address: Honduras (y Jorge Luis Borges) 5000 - PalermoIn the streets around Julio Cortazar Square, the avant-garde national design is offered in several premises, at very reasonable prices. The organization of fares on a particular genre is very common, attracting…
Address: Reconquista 207 - San NicolásIts construction dates back to 1779, and is part of the convent of the “Order of Mercy”, one of the most important orders of those times. It started as a very precarious church; however, nowadays…
Address: Av de Mayo 1370 - MonserratThis building is characterized by a passage (“Barolo”) named after a very powerful textile businessman who entrusted the construction of this stunning Romanesque-Neo-gothic palace to the architect Mario Palanti. Its inauguration took place in…
Address: Av 9 de Julio entre Av Libertador y Av de Mayo - San NicolásThis avenue was designed in 1888 by the engineer Guillermo Gaebeler, undergoing a number of changes since then. Nowadays it is considered the world’s widest avenue,…
Address: Av. Ramos Mejía 1358 - RetiroThe Retiro station is the train terminal that communicates the city of Buenos Aires with the Northern part of the province. Inaugurated in 1915 during the heat of the farm-cattle growth of the country,…
Address: Brasil (y Defensa) 400 - San TelmoThis monument was built honoring Don Pedro de Mendoza, in a work that reminds of the First Foundation of Buenos Aires. The sculptor Juan Carlos Oliva Navarro was responsible for this work. It…
Address: Av. Sarmiento y Av. Libertador s/n - Palermo This monument was donated by the Spanish community in Argentina, for the centenary of the May Revolution, in 1910. The fundamental stone was set back then, even though the monument was…
Address: Tristán Achaval Rodríguez 1600 - Costanera SurThis sculpture of great artistic and architectonic value is popularly known as “the Lola Mora”, as a homage to its sculptress from Tucumán and it is considered as one of the most emblematic…
Address: San Martín 1050 - RetiroIt is a church comprised by five towers (three that can be observed in its central façade) and a sculpture of the ‘Blessed Julian Pedro Eymard’ stands out in its center. He was the founder…
Address: Paseo Colón 922 / 982 - San TelmoThis set of buildings is formed by two twin buildings with identical structures. It was designed by the architects Andrés Vanelli & sons and Kimbau & Co. This building has a very…
Address: Paraguay 2155 Piso 1 - RecoletaIt opened to honour Professor Bernardo Houssay, 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for his research on the processing of carbohydrate in metabolism and hypophysis, which was continued by Luis Federico Leloir, 1970…
Address: Paraguay 918 - RetiroThe ND Ateneo was originally part of the commercial circuit, known as “El Ateneo”, and was very popular for the presentation of successful creations that stayed on for long periods. Nowadays, it belongs to the city’s…
Address: Perú 294 -1ªpiso - MonserratThe set of buildings that makes up the “Manzana de las Luces” has a number of subterranean galleries that were built during the 18th century and that allowed for the connection among other neighboring buildings…
Address: Corrientes 1639 - San NicolásIt is located in the theaters’ hot spot, on Corrientes Avenue, and is part of the circuit of commercial theaters, specializing in music hall. Likewise, it usually offers children’s events, music shows of popular artists…
Address: Arenales 761 - RetiroThis majestic Palace known as the San Martín Palace is today the Ceremonial venue pertaining to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. Majestic in its form and style, this Palace is representative of the purest…
Address: Defensa 183/185 - MonserratThis building dates back from 1820 and it belonged to a high-class family from Buenos Aires, called Elorriaga. This is one of the very few city square corners. It preserves the characteristics of the buildings from…
Address: Avda. Pedro de Mendoza y Del Valle Iberlucea s/n - La BocaThe mouth of the Riachuelo has always been the Natural Port of Buenos Aires, that only allowed to anchor small ships since it is not very deep. The…
Address: Jorge Luis Borges y Honduras s/n - PalermoThis is the core of “Palermo Soho”, as it is referred to nowadays for the high number of hand-crafters and artists that converge, especially every weekend, to display their art works. Known…
Address: Agüero 2502 - RecoletaIt was created in 1811, after the Revolution, by decision of the National Government. It had four venues in the historic core around the Cabildo and the “Manzana de las Luces” before standing where it does…
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Address: Perú 294 Piso 1 - MonserratThe so-called “Manzana de las luces” (apple of the lights) is an archeological complex integrated by a number of old and historic city buildings, where a cultural center functions nowadays for art exhibitions, plays…
Address: Av. Libertador y Castilla (en plaza) - PalermoThis monument was made completely in copper by the sculptor Gino Córdova, as a tribute to the outstanding character in Chilean Independence. There is also an image representing Freedom and two bas-reliefs…
Address: Av de Mayo entre Balcarce y Callao s/n - MonserratIt was the city’s first avenue, constructed during Mayor Torcuato de Alvear’s administration. It was first transited in 1894, becoming the main institutional axis that joins the seats of the…
Address: Tabaré 1371 - PompeyaThis museum pursues the preservation of objects and testimonies of the Pompeya neighbourhood and the music of Buenos Aires in order to learn and spread the development of the people of the city through this very…
Address: Saráchaga 4906 - Vélez SarfieldIts five halls display items, photographs and even documents signed by this leader, who engaged in a myriad of battles for the country and, above all, he created the national flag, the light blue and…
Address: Av. Corrientes 1283 - San NicolásMultiteatro is the Trade Mark of the complex that has the most important private theatre rooms in the country; in Buenos Aires, such rooms are the Multiteatro (four rooms), Tabaris (two rooms), Liceo and…
Address: Av Carlos Casares y Av. Figueroa Alcorta s/n - PalermoThis is a replica of an authentic Japanese Garden, donated by the community of said country. It has a lake, a waterfall, a Zen-like dry garden, an important variety of…
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Address: Av. de los Incas (y Av. Triunvirato) 4400 - Parque ChasThis subway station is located within the limits of Barrio Parque Chas, in the intersection of Triunvirato and De Los Incas Ave. and it belongs to the B subway…
Address: Vivanco 1509 - TigreThis is a one of a kind theme park in Latin America that was inaugurated in 1997 and since then it has transformed the weekends of thousands of children and adults. Within its 15 hectare area…
Address: Libertad 621 - San NicolásTeatro Colón is considered to be one of the world’s most important opera houses. It is an official theater that was conceived for opera of international level. The former building was created in 1857, and…
Address: Borges s/n - PalermoIt used to be called Serrano Street, but its name changed due to the fact that along this street we find the place where this great Argentine writer spent his childhood. It is a typically busy…
Address: Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263 - RecoletaThe School of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires University was founded in 1821, and has had the current venue since 1949. It is an imposing Doric building with a classicist structure that…
Address: Mariscal Castilla y Aguado (en la Plaza Grand Bourg) s/n - PalermoThe institute is devoted to keeping the life and legacy of San Martin in everyone’s mind, as he was the liberator of Argentina, Chile and Perú. Grand Bourg…
Address: Venezuela 469 - San Telmo It dates back from 1788 and it is the only colonial house in the San Telmo neighborhood and it is one of the very few authentic houses in the city of Buenos Aires. This…
Address: Defensa 201 - MonserratThe “La Estrella ” pharmacy belongs to a part of national history. Bernardino Rivadavia, the creator of the first pharmacy of the city of Buenos Aires, appointed an important biochemist and botanist as manager of said…
Address: Sarmiento 299 - San NicolásThis monumental building influenced by the French classic style of the XVIII century, inspired and based on the Military Ministry of Paris, is a work of the architect Alejandro Christophersen. The allegorical sculptures and symbols…
Address: Av. Corrientes 100 - 2500 - San NicolásIt is one of downtown’s the most important avenues. Its name pays homage to one of the countries’ provinces, just like its parallel avenues, Córdoba and Santa Fé. With its 69 blocks,…
Address: Reconquista 269 - San NicolásBetter known as the ex- Convent of the ‘Mercedarios’, it neighbors with the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy. The monks of this order inhabited here and, at a time, they were the one’s who…
Address: Av. Alvear entre Schiaffino y Posadas - Recoleta This square owes its name to the patron saint of the city of Buenos Aires. Here was located, at the beginning of the century, the Recreo de Belvedere, a place where…
Address: Av. Independencia 1190 - MonserratThe historic building in which this museum is located was built in 1795 and even after more than 200 years, it still keeps its original architecture. It is open only once a month on a…
Address: Av. Angel Gallardo 490 - CaballitoIt is located in Parque Centenario, the geographical center of the city. It is devoted to the history of our flora and fauna. It is also the National Investigation Centre of Natural Sciences, and…
Address: Pasaje Caminito Entre Magallanes y Lamadri - La BocaIt is one of the most significant pedestrian streets of the city of Buenos Aires. To say “caminito” is to say tango, Quinquela Martin, the very heart of the La Boca…
Address: Alicia Moreau de Justo al 900. Dique 3 - Puerto MaderoThis ship of elegant style was built in England upon request of the national government in 1988 and its name pays homage to whom founded the Navy School in…
Address: Dique 3 de Puerto Madero – Pierina Dealessi y Manuela Gorriti s/n - Puerto MaderoIt is a work by the architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, who had a Valencian origin. This pedestrian and movable bridge has marked a new…
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Address: Azucena Villaflor y Av. de los Italianos s/n - Puerto Madero Inaugurated in November 22nd, 2007, it is an structure resembling a bandoneon, the instrument that represents this musical genre. Made of stainless steel, it is 3 meters tall…
Address: Alsina y Defensa s/n - MonserratThere is a historic-religious city center that has the most representative churches of the three emblematic religious orders that were installed during the first times of the city: Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans. The latter…
Address: Aimé Painé entre Rosario Vera Peñaloza y Azucena Villaflor s/n - Puerto MaderoThis 7-hectare park was inaugurated at the beginning of 2003. It is bound, on one side, by an area of docks and channels on which an exclusive…
Address: Av. Santa Fe 1235 - RetiroThis theater takes up one of the ten floors of the Theater House founded in 1938 as a result of the action of Regina Pacini de Alvear, an opera singer whose intention was to…
Address: Rivadavia 326 - San NicolásIt is part of the historic core, it is among the most important pieces of architecture by Alejandro Bustillo, a true personality in the Argentine academism. It displays monumental features and stands out for its…
Address: Defensa (y Humberto I) 1000 - San TelmoThis is the second oldest square of the city and it used to be known in times of the colony as the Wagon Market of the High lands of San Telmo. Wagons…
Address: Av. Del Libertador entre Austria, Tagle y Figueroa Alcorta. s/n - RecoletaLibertador Avenue, between Austria and Tagle Street, and Figueroa Alcorta Avenue This square features the monument to Artigas and Channel 7 (the official channel, known for years as…
Address: Honduras s/n - PalermoHonduras street runs along Palermo Hollywood where there are many bars, restaurants and design object stores. This street is very popular, therefore, it one of the most crowded ones during the weekends when tourists and locals…
Address: Juramento 2138 - BelgranoThis building was erected in 1872 and it was declared historical monument, it has large columns and beautiful gardens that show the classic style of public buildings. On the 50th anniversary of the death of Domingo…
Address: Av. Corrientes 1343 - San NicolásThis is a commercial theater on Corrientes Avenue that usually offers music hall productions, as well as music comedies.
Address: Av. Paseo Colón 1200 - San Telmo The 30 thousand pals Small Square is located underneath 25 de Mayo highway, right in front of the ex illegal prison known as “Club Atlético” (corner of Paseo Colón and Cochabamba streets).…
Address: Av. Córdoba 6056 - ChacaritaThis building corresponds to the Spanish baroque style, and is located right between Chacarita and Colegiales. It is part of the “Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires”. It was inaugurated in 1929, with the peculiarity of…
Address: Junín s/n - RecoletaThis is a high-level gastronomic area, where there are also fun places, like night clubs, motels and pubs, that were installed starting from La Biela, corner of Quintana Ave and Junin Streets, and up. It is…
Address: Av. Corrientes 1660 - San NicolásThis spot was conceived for events and conferences in the context of a kind of open air food court and commercial gallery with restaurants, bars and other shops. It has and auditorium and five…
Address: Bolívar 233 /65 - MonserratThis monumental work is the result of Maillart’s inspiration, who was an architect. It was built in 1906 and inaugurated in 1938. Previously, there were different educational institutions in the same place where now lays…
Address: Entre Ríos - Rivadavia - H. Irigoyen - Plaza de los Dos Congresos - MonserratThis monument was inaugurated on the 9th of July, 1914, four years after the creation of the Square of the same name. It is a…
Address: Plaza San Martín s/n - RetiroIt is a cenotaph located in the San Martín Square, a memorial to the fallen soldiers during the Malvinas war, whose rest are not here, but in the cemetery of the islands. This bloody…
Address: Florida 336 - San Nicolás This is a representative building of the French academicism that signed the urban profile of Buenos Aires in the 20s, dragging a past filled with artistic and cultural history. It was inaugurated in 1927,…
Address: Sarmiento y Los Ceibos s/n - TigreThis picturesque amble in the open will let you see how the local people make use of the area’s natural resources into the manufacture of crafts, furniture and homemade jams. The “Puerto de…
Address: ruta 25, km1 ruta 9 km 50 - EscobarThis wonderful theme-park that was inaugurated on July, 2001 is only 50 kilometers away from the city center. Its name means “land of life” in Tehuelche language and that is what…
Address: Belgrano y Defensa s/n - MonserratThis is one of the basilica that better preserves the original structure with its Jesuit three nave floor, its two towers and chapels on each side that have a wood-carved altarpiece. It was inaugurated…
Address: Av de Mayo 575 - MonserratThis used to shelter “La Prensa” newspaper, which had a very influential editorial in the country’s public opinion. Founded in 1896, it is one of the most emblematic buildings in the city, with a…
Address: Charcas 2837 - RecoletaThis museum has been set in what used to be the home of Ricardo Rojas, the prestigious poet, dramatist, orator, politician and historian. It consists of a neo colonial house his wife handed over to the…
Address: Libertad entre Lavalle y Córdoba 500/700 - San NicolásPlaza Lavalle is a three-block space located in the neighborhood of San Nicolás, delimited by Libertad, Lavalle, and Talcahuano Streets and Córdoba Avenue. The square is of great historical importance. The…
Address: Av. Belisario Roldán y Av. Sarmiento s/n - PalermoThis is a five-story building with a top arched room with 360 seats. It has a semi-spherical dome of a 20-meter diameter, in whose center the planetarium proper projects a sky…
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Address: Av. Benito Perez Galdós 93 - La BocaThe Catalinas Sur group of actors is comprised of the neighbours from La Boca and they give non-profit performances every weekend. They present spectacles of typical Argentinian sainete (comic sketches) sailing through…
Address: 25 de Mayo 276 - San NicolásDue to the donation of lands made in 1830 towards the Argentinean government by Juan Manuel de Rosas, the Anglicans had their cathedral in the city; in fact (except for the catholic religion),…
Address: Av. Santa Fe 750 - RetiroThis Palace originally belonged to one of the great Argentinean families, for which it keeps its last name: Paz Palace. Dr. José Camilo Paz was once the ambassador in Paris and, later, the founder…
Address: Avenida Libertador y la Avenida Alvear. s/n - RecoletaThis monument was erected to honor General Alvear for having been essential in the turn out of San Martin’s plan, and for his valuable cooperation when creating the Regiment “Granaderos a…
Address: Defensa 1220 - San TelmoThis museum was created when Pablo Ducrós Hicken donated a private collection consisting of Lumiere and Gaumont equipments, projectors, editing projectors, props, models, wardrobes of famous stars, a large number of relics and objects that…
Address: Crisólogo Larralde 6309 - Saavedrahe Museo Histórico de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires History Museum) Cornelio Saavedra is located in General Paz Park, on General Paz Avenue, the avenue which borders the city. This magnificent green space was the garden…
Address: Av. Libertador y Av. Sarmiento s/n - PalermoIts name refers to the date when the Caseros Battle took place (significant in our country as the battle that united it). This place was chosen by its mentor, president Domingo Faustino…
Address: Viamonte 497 - San NicolásThe inauguration of this church dates from the year 1745. There, a congregation of nuns belonging to the Dominican order settled down. During the English Invasions, this building suffered the same fate as the churches…
Address: Balcarce-Rivadavia-Bolívar-Irigoyen s/n - MonserratIt has been declared National Historic Place, having been the central core back in 1580, when it became Juan de Garay’s place of choice, at the time of the foundation of Buenos Aires, for the erection…
Address: Almirante Brown 36 - La BocaThis mural, opposite to Parque Lezama, is on the façade of an old tenement that only had the front, the balconies, some wooden and metal pieces left. This mural, opposite to Parque Lezama, is…