Only history lovers

No matter how old you are, if you are a history fan, you will love visiting these particular buildings !

These are located downtown. You can use the subway ($2,50), bus ($1,20) or just walk.

• Government House. It is located in Balcarce Street 50 built in 1580. By the ending of 19th century it was painted pink because red and white (politic colours for unitarios and federales) were mixed. This is the reason why it is called Pink House.
• Cabildo. It is a museum of Mayo Revolution history situated in Bolivar street. It was originally built in 1580. It is opened tuesday to friday from 12.30 am to 7 pm and sundays from 3 to 7 pm. In the original Cabildo, the independence and political meetings were held before the Revolution in 1810.

• The Obelisco. You can find it in the middle of Corrientes and 9 de Julio avenues. This 67 metres high monument was built by A. Prebisch (Argentinian architect) in 1936. Its importance lies in historical events (You can learn them by reading the engraving on it).
• Dorrego Square. This was the place were people met to reasure Independence, officially declared in 9 July 1816 Tucuman.
• San Telmo Market. Situated in Defensa 961. It has been opened since 1897. It was a comunitary market in the past. Nowadays it sells antiques and regional objects.
• Manzana de Las Luces. You should walk to Peru street 272. Its importance lies in the jesuita´s history. They built an important school and the church mentioned before (San Ignacio). They also caved misterious tunnels underground Monserrat district in 18th Century.
• El Viejo Almacén. This means "the old shop". It was built in 1798 but it was not until 1969 that it became popular because of its Tango Shows. It is located in Independencia Av.
• San Telmo district. This is a famous place you cannot miss because you will notice many old big houses turned into craft workshops. This large houses full of rooms and with a patio in the middle, had belonged to arystocratic families who left or died from yellow fever disease and had been immediatelly usurped by immigrants in 19th century.
• Palermo Racetrack. It was built in 1876. There is a turf museum and a small casino inside it. in the 1880´s people met here to bet and watch the races. In order to differ medium social class from high society, they were dressed using labels on their clothes so that they show they were new and had not be used before. This made the slang phrases to come up such as "label dressing" and anothers. Make sure you ask these particular things when you visit it.

Galileo Galilei Planetarium. It was Built in 1966 for the 150th Independence aniversary.

St Ignacio de Loyola Church. This is the oldest church in Buenos Aires, located in Bolivar Street 225. It was built in 1710.

Recoleta Graveyard. An amazing graveyard founded by recoletos monks in 1822. It has got famous argentinian families´mausuleums and beautiful sculptures.

Basilica Nuestra Señora del Pilar. Another Jesuitic building (1732)

English Tower. It is located in Brittannia Square, built in 1916 by English people because of Mayo Revolution in Argentina.

Cafe Tortoni. It was founded in 1858 and it is situated in Mayo Av. 829. It is a very important café where artists used to meet to write, talk and listen to tango and jazz. You should have a coffe here! It is not expensive and you can take a lot of beautiful pictures regarding tango history.

Mayo Pyramid. This is the first monumment in Buenos Aires built in 1811.

Metropolitan Cathedral. This is a neoclasical building (18th century) which keeps General San Martin´s remains.

These places are a bit far away from downtown. It is better if you visit these places being on a guided tour or with argentinian friends because you might get lost or may be robbed.

• Feria de Mataderos. It is situated in Mataderos (de La Torre and De los Corrales Av.)This was built in 1986 as a fair to eat and drink regional food and beverage, besides some traditional shows are held. It opens ONLY sundays from 11 am to 8 pm

• Plaza Miserere.This square situated in Pueyrredon Av and Rivadavia Av. reminds the argentinian victory over the English Invasion in 1806. It is also in front of the train station where the recent crush tragedy happened. Besides, the disco where many young people died burnt in 30 December 2004(Cromañon tragedy) is just near the train station.You must be very careful because Plaza Miserere is a dangerous place, do not go there alone or at night.

• Constitucion. This is a train station founded in 1864 in front of the old fruit market but I am just giving you some information about this historical place, please do not visit it because nowadays is dangerous and dirty.PLEASE DO NOT GO THERE!!
• Retiro Station. This is the most importabt train station in Buenos Aires since was built by an English architect Louriston Conder in 1915 and has got over 30 lines of transportation to different places and an internal conection to the subway.

The places I suggested before are the ones I consider you should visit, to know a bit more about Argentinian History. On the other hand there are a lot of different museums and theaters too but I think they will be suggested in a more artistic tour. My recommendation is that you ask as many questions as you can so that you can make a complete summary of our history. If you are also interested in urban and myths of Buenos Aires City,do not hesitate in reading the next entrance.