Things to Do in Argentina

Juan Gabriel Brochero

Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (16 March 1840 – 26 January 1914) was a Catholic Argentine priest who suffered leprosy throughout his life. He is known for his extensive work with the poor and the sick.

San Juan Bosco

John Melchior Bosco (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815, Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-], was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, and writer of the 19th century.

Parque General Paz

Buenos Aires Botanical Garden

The Buenos Aires Botanical Garden (official name in Spanish: Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires) is a botanical garden located in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Luigi Guanella

Luigi Guanella (19 December 1842 – 24 October 1915) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest Fr. Guanella was ordained a priest on May 26, 1866 in Como, and was assigned to a small parish in Savogno.

Torre Ader

The Torre Ader (Ader Tower in English) is an 18th-century Florentine-style tower located in Carapachay in Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an historical monument built in similar style to the Torre Monumental (Monumental Tower) in Buenos Aires.

Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina

The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica (MNA) (English: National Aeronautics Museum) is a museum located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, dedicated to the history of aviation, in particular the Argentine Air Force.Its collection includes some unique aircraft, like the Pulqui I and Pulqui I…

Catedral Basílica Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje

Catedral Basílica Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje is located in Morón, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of the Diocese of Morón and is dedicated to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception of Good Voyage. It was completed in 1885.Official website of the parish (in Spanish)

Mansión Seré

The Mansión Seré (also known as Quinta de Seré and Atila) was a clandestine detention center (CCD) run by the Argentine Air Force during the self-styled National Reorganization Process (1976–1983).Mansión Seré was an old house located on Blas Parera Street on the border between the towns of C…

Battle of Caser

The Battle of Caseros (Spanish: Batalla de Caseros) was fought near the town of El Palomar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on 3 February 1852, between the Army of Buenos Aires commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Grand Army (Ejército Grande) led by Justo José de Urquiza.

National Library Mariano Moreno

The "Mariano Moreno" National Library (Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional "Mariano Moreno") is the largest library in Argentina. It is located in the barrio of Recoleta in Buenos Aires.

Puente Valentín Alsina

The Puente Alsina, formerly known as the Puente Uriburu, is a neo-colonial bridge inaugurated in 1938, that joins the neighbourhood of Nueva Pompeya in the Argentine capital (Buenos Aires) with the city of Valentín Alsina (District of Lanús, Gran Buenos Aires), crossing over the Riachuelo.Media re…

San Martín National Institute

The San Martín National Institute (Instituto Nacional Sanmartiniano) is a cultural foundation in Buenos Aires dedicated to the legacy of General José de San Martín, the Liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Perú.The San Martín Institute was founded on April 5, 1933 (the 115th anniversary of the Ba…

Club de Pescadores

The Club de Pescadores (Spanish: Fisherman's Club) is situated on the banks of the Río de la Plata in Costanera Norte Avenue, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Las Violetas

The Café Las Violetas (Spanish: Confitería Las Violetas) building includes a restaurant and cafe on the corner of Avenida Medrano and Avenida Rivadavia in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.Café Las Violetas belongs to a select group of bars in Buenos Aires that are officially su…

Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club

The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is the host of the ATP Buenos Aires, an ATP Tour tournament played on clay.

Central Military Hospital

The Hospital Militar Central Cirujano Mayor Dr. Cosme Argerich (Military Central Hospital Chief Surgeon Dr. Cosme Argerich) also known as Hospital Militar Central (Military Central Hospital) is a hospital owned by the Argentine Army in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina for the use of military pers…

Parque de la Memoria

The Remembrance park (Spanish: Parque de la memoria) is a public space situated in front of the Río de la Plata estuary in the northern end of the Belgrano section of Buenos Aires.

Ciudad Evita

Ciudad Evita is a city in the partido of La Matanza in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located 20 kilometers (13 mi) from Downtown Buenos Aires within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. Ciudad Evita has a population of 68,650 (2001).

Quinta presidencial de Olivos

The Quinta presidencial de Olivos, also known as Quinta de Olivos, is an architectural landmark in the north side Buenos Aires suburb of Olivos and the official residence of the President of Argentina. It is one of the President's official residences.

Olimpo

El Olimpo was a clandestine detention center in Buenos Aires and used during the Dirty War in Argentina. Although it operated for only five months, from August 1978 to January 1979, about 700 people were illegally detained there, of whom only 50 survived.

Mariette Lydis

Mariette Lydis (1887–1970) was an Austrian-Argentine painter. Lydis was born in Vienna, Austria on August 24, 1887, under the name Marietta Ronsperger.

Juana Manuela Gorriti

Juana Manuela Gorriti (June 15, 1818 – November 6, 1892) was an Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Lady of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855.

Macedonio Fernández

Macedonio Fernández (1 June 1874 – 10 February 1952) was an Argentine writer, humorist and philosopher. His writings included novels, stories, poetry, journalism, and works not easily classified. He was a mentor to Jorge Luis Borges and other avant-garde Argentine writers.

Francisco Javier Muñiz

Francisco Javier Muñiz (21 December 1795 – 8 April 1871) was an Argentine colonel, legislator, and medical doctor. He treated patients and died during the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1871.

Lorenzo Vintter

Lorenzo Vintter (11 October 1842 – 5 July 1915) was an Argentine military officer, who participated in the War of the Triple Alliance and the Conquest of the Desert. He was governor of the Patagonia and Río Negro. He also served as governor of Formosa between 1901 and 1904.

Estanislao Zeballos

Estanislao Severo Zeballos (27 July 1854 - 4 October 1923) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of his country three times. He was one of the most prominent intellectuals and politicians of his time.

Le Parc

Le Parc Figueroa Alcorta is a residential complex comprising the Alcorta and Cavia towers. The tallest one (Cavia) is 173 m (568 ft) tall, and the Alcorta tower is 120 m (390 ft) tall.The towers were designed by the Lanuzzi studio and are under construction in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aire…

Plazoleta Obispo Enrique Angelelli

Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti (17 June 1923 – 4 August 1976) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues.

Félix Charpentier

Félix Charpentier (10 January 1858 in Bollène in Vaucluse – 1924) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe san maɾˈtin] (listen)) or the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and centra…

Giuseppe Garibaldi

The Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi is an equestrian sculpture featuring Giuseppe Garibaldi, located on Plaza Italia, a landmark in the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) was an Italian military and political figure.

Museo Casa de Yrurtia

The Museo Casa de Rogelio Yrurtia was the home of the sculptor Rogelio Yrurtia and is located in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires.In 1942, by law 12.824, sculptor Rogelio Yrurtia and his wife, the painter Lia Correa Morales (1893-1975), transferred his home and its assets to the government.

Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta

The Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta is a museum of Spanish art located in the Belgrano ward of Buenos Aires, Argentina.The museum resulted from the purchase by the city of the Buenos Aires home of Enrique Larreta, perhaps the most prominent Argentine exponent of Hispanic modernism in literatu…

Norberto Piñero

Norberto Piñero (1858–1938) was a prominent Argentine lawyer, writer and conservative politician.

Liniers

Liniers is a barrio (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires on the edge of the city, centered on Rivadavia Avenue. It is also an important train station and bus hub, connecting western Gran Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Metro.The neighborhood developed around the Liniers railway station following its in…

Recoleta Cemetry

La Recoleta Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Recoleta) is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Bernasconi Institute

The Bernasconi Institute is an architecturally-significant primary school in the Parque Patricios section of Buenos Aires.

Dámaso Centeno

Dr. Dámaso Centeno (10 March 1850 in Rosario – 11 October 1892 in Cosquín) was an Argentine lawyer, politician and philanthropist.

Emilio Solanet

Emilio Solanet (1887–1979) was an Argentine scientist.