Buenos Aires has been talked about much in the last week ever since its archbishop became Pope Francis. The Paris of the South is a magnificent, bustling, cosmopolitan city home to almost three million people. The Porteños (as people from Buenos Aires are called) are very proud of their city, and rightfully so. I’ve posted a few pictures of the main sites of this great city.
Metropolitan Cathedral at the Plaza de Mayo
Interior of the Metropolitan Cathedral
Tomb of Jose de San Martin at the cathedral, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru
La Casa Rosada (The Pink House), Presidential Palace, Plaza de Mayo
Plaza de San Martin, site of Jose de Martin’s barracks after the May Revolution of 1810 which began the independence movement from Spain
Congress, 1906
Avenida 9 de Julio, the widest in the world
Avenida 9 de Julio, the widest in the world
Avenida 9 de Julio, the widest in the world
Obelisk built in 1936 to commemorate the 400 years of Buenos Aires
La Boca neighborhood, settled by Genoese immigrants
Tango in the streets
La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires
San Telmo neighborhood, the oldest in Buenos Aires
San Telmo neighborhood, the oldest in Buenos Aires
San Telmo , Church of San Telmo
San Telmo, Russian Orthodox Church
La Florida commercial district
Recoleta neighborhood, Our Lady of the Pillar Church
Recoleta neighborhood, tomb of Evita Peron
Divine revelation written on a wall with a ball-point pen: God is Argentinian
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Claretian Missionaries (where I stayed)
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