A few legends

Besides their history, some places also have got stories heard, lived or told by any cityzen from the past in Buenos Aires. Some of them are really scary, other are not so, but you have to know them, they are interesting and give you another view of the city.

Whenever you travel by subway, remember watching through the windows if you take line A. This is the light blue colour subway line that runs from Plaza de Mayo to Carabobo ($2,50). In the middle fo this journey there are two platforms called Pasco and Alberti:

The ghost station

It is said that in the subway (line A), once the train gets in between Pasco and Alberti platforms, the lights go off and you can see a ghost station and two man sitting on it with their legs hanging over the rail. Scary, isn´t it?

Maybe you visit St Felicitas Chappel in Barracas district where there is also another popular legend, Felicias Guerrero legend.

Felicitas Guerrero

She was murdered in 30 January 1872 by her lover Enrique Ocampo once he found out Felicitas was dating another man after they broke up. Her parents built a chapel in her honor. The legend tells that if you leave a tissue inthe chapel, it will be wet next morning because of Felicitas´tears. Besides, every night the 30 January you can see her crying inside the chapel. So try to avoid going to Barracas that night.

Finally, this is the most popular legend ever: the lady in white. Have you ever heard the story?

The lady in white

You will hear this story if you go to Recoleta Graveyard. She was a girl who died at her 19s after a party held in her house. She was buried the following day in the Recoleta Graveyard. Then her mother received a message saying that the grave had been scratched from the inside and she blamed herself thinking her dauther might had suffered from catalepsya and when she woke up she had a heart attack. Years later a legend says that near the cementery a young met a young beautiful girl wearing a white dress crying who seduced him that night. Suddenly she got lost in ther graveyard but her lover kept her jacket. When he tried to return it he found out it had belonged to a dead young lady. Now you are aware, don´t fall in love with a girl who walks near the Recoleta Graveyard, she might be a ghost!