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Tip
You can walk either of these streets at
all hours of the day or night - one of the
special pleasures of Buenos Aires.
Many Buenos
Aires churches
are architectur-
ally important
and/or contain
beautiful statu-
ary and muse-
ums. They are
detailed in the
sightseeing sec-
tion.
Culture is everywhere: in the tango parlors and
music halls of San Telmo; in the open-air
Caminito theater; in La Boca, where the side
streets are decorated with murals and sculp-
tures by local artists; in the aristocratic resi-
dences of Barrio Norte. Most of all, culture is in
the people: the slightly built Indians singing
folksongs from Jujuy on the corner of Florida
and Viamonte, or the rough old porteño with a
gold tooth and fedora spilling out his soul in a
version of “Sur,” a traditional tango of the port
city. Theater, opera, ballet, modern music and
dance are deeply rooted in the Argentine. This
is evident not only in Buenos Aires, but in the
passionate devotion to the arts that exists in
the smaller towns and communities.
Theater& Film
Theater has a history in Argentina that dates
back to 1778, with the Teatro de la Ranchería.
Today the theater is an established art form,
with the Teatro Colón, the Cervantes, and the
General San Martín Theater Complex in the
vanguard of all that is new and novel or time-
honored and classic. The Teatro Colón
Opera House has a brilliant past and a shin-
ing future. It is truly a theatrical world unto
itself. The Cervantes Theater , founded in
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