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Buenos Aires
Obelisco
Obelisco is at the center of Buenos Aires.
Catedral Metropolitana
Built on the site of the original colonial church, but not
finished until 1827, the Catedral Metropolitana contains the tomb
of General José de San Martín, Argentina's most revered hero. Under the
leadership of the General and others, the United
Provinces of the River Plate, the direct forerunner of Argentina, declared
formal independence from Spain at Tucumán in 1816.
La Boca: Caminito
La Boca was settled and built up by Italian immigrants along
the Riachuelo, a small waterway lined
by meatpacking plants. Caminito was once a rail terminus, and takes its name
from a popular Tango.
Feria de San Telmo
On Sundays, San Telmo is home to a popular flea market...
...and attracts practitioners of the tango.
Cementerio de la Recoleta
Recoleta Cemetery takes its name from the Franciscan convent that dates from 1716, and is where the Argentine elite choose to be buried.
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The cemetery houses the grave of Evita (Eva Péron) who is buried in the tomb of the Familia Duarte, her maiden name.
malba (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires)
malba, The Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires,
houses the world's most important collection of 20th-century art
from the region, assembled over the last three decades by Eduardo Costantini, an
Argentine stockbroker and construction magnate.
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San Antonio de Areco
Museo Gauchesco Ricardo Güiraldes
Nestled in the verdant pampas of northern Buenos Aires
province, San Antonio de Areco was the setting for
Ricardo Güiraldes' famous novel Don Segundo Sombra (1927) which
portrayed the life of the Argentine gaucho.
Córdoba
Iglesia Catedral
Begun in 1577, the construction of Córdoba's cathedral
dragged on for over two centuries under several
architects, including Jesuits and Franciscans, and as a result lacks any sense
of architectural unity.
A mendicant on the cathedral steps.
Salta
Iglesia San Francisco
Salta's most conspicuous landmark.
Güemes Monument
Plaque on the monument to General Güemes, who fought with General José de San Martín for Argentine independence.
Mercado Central
Drinkers
South of Salta
Quebrada de Cafayate
Properly speaking the Quebrada de Cafayate is the Quebrada
del Río de las Conchas
(canyon of the shell river). Pictured here are Los Castillos, the castles.
Parque Naçional los Cardones
Los Cardones National Park is protects animals such as the vicuña, taruca or huemul.
North of Salta to Bolivia
Purmamarca
Cerro de los Siete Colores (Hill of the Seven Colors).
Maimará
Maimará's hillside cemetery.
La Paleta del Pintor (the Painter's Palette).
Humahuaca
The Cabildo is famous for its clock tower, where a life-size figure of San Francisco Solano emerges daily at noon to deliver a benediction.
A vendor in the main plaza.
Aconcagua
Dawn view of the mountain from Casa de Piedra. Aconcagua (22,840 feet/6,962 meters) is South America's highest peak, and the highest in the world outside of the Himalayas.
View down the Relinchos valley.
Cerro Aconcagua and Cerro Ameghino (5,883 meters).