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Caminito
This road winds because it follows a stream bed which used to run until the beginning of the 20th century. This area was well known as "Puntin."
("bridge" diminutive in a Geneve dialect).
The train to Ensenada used to run the street until 1920. After the railroad was dismantled, it became a trash dump area.
A neighbour decided to clean up and recover the land in the 50's. He gathered the help of Benito Quinquela Martín, the painter from La boca, who named the 100 meter street as "Caminito" after the famous tango by Gabino Coria Peñalosa and Juan de Dios Filiberto , from 1926. (the tango lyrics refer to a road in the province of La Rioja.)
Many art works were added to this road, such as works by Luis Perlotti, Roberto Capurro, Juan Leone, Ricardo Sánchez, and Julio Vergottini. In 1959, "Caminito" was officialy established as an open-space museum.
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Technical data
Location: the block between Garibaldi, Aráoz de Lamadrid, del Valle Iberlucea, and Magallanes Streets, in the District of La Boca.
Buses: lines 20, 25, 29, 33, 46, 53, 64, 152
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Recoleta
Cemetery
The Recoleta Cemetery is the oldest and most aristocratic cemetery in the city. Its almost 6 hectares (14,000 acres) include the tombs and mausoleums of Independence patriots, presidents of the Republic, military people, scientists and artists. Among them, Eva Perón, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Facundo Quiroga. The crypts and mausoleums were the work, in many cases, of famous architects and are adorned with sculptures. More than 70 mausoleums were declared National Historic Monument. The cemetery is located on the land granted by Juan de Garay to Rodrigo Ortiz de Zárate, a member of the colonizing expedition. Later, the Frailes Recoletos convent was built there. In 1822, after the monks were expelled as a consequence of the General Reform of the Ecclesiastical Order, the orchard of the convent became a cemetery. Its layout was designed by the French engineer Próspero Catelin, and was remodeled during the government of the City Mayor Torcuato de Alvear, in 1881. This remodeling was made by the architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. The Italian sculptor Giulio Monteverde created the Christ that presides the chapel.
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Technical data
Junín 1760
Hours: Every day from 8 am to 6 pm.
Guided tours: Free, on the last Sunday of each month, at 2:30 pm.
Telephone: (54 11) 4803 1594
Bus lines: 5, 10, 17, 37, 38, 39, 41, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 75, 92, 93, 95, 101, 102, 106, 108, 110, 124, 130, 152
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Teatro Colón
This Theatre is one the most famous lyric houses in the world. Inaugurated in 1908 with "Aida" lyric from Giuseppe Verdi, the theatre has hosted the most important artists of the century. It is provided with a stable company, a ballet, orchestras, workshops, a library and a museum. It is endowed with finest acoustics in opera and a capacity for 3,542 spectators (sitting) and 700 (standing).
The premises cover 8,202 square meters. The building combines Italian, Attic-Greek, German and French Renaissance designs that give this theatre the eclectic style of the XIX century. The main room presents seven levels, horseshoe shaped, 3 boxes, galleries, upper galleries and a top gallery. The construction of the Theatre has taken 20 years and the work was directed by the architects Francesco Tamburini, Vittorio Meano and Jules Dormal.
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Technical data
Libertad 621.
Ph. 4378-7132/33.
Bus Lines: 7,24, 26, 28, 29, 38, 45, 56, 59, 64, 67, 105, 132.
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