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Zival's
B3
Sights
Microcentro
BA's Microcentro is where the big city hustles: here you'll see endless crowds of busi-
ness suits and power skirts hastening about the narrow streets in the shadows of sky-
scrapers and old European buildings.
Florida, a long pedestrian street, is the main artery of this neighborhood. It's always
jammed during the day with businesspeople, shoppers and tourists seeking vehicle-free
access from north to south. Buskers, beggars and street vendors thrive here as well,
adding color and noise. Renovated old buildings, such as beautiful Galerías Pacífico, add
elegance to the area.
Further south is BA's busy financial district, where there are several museums to in-
vestigate. After that comes the Plaza de Mayo, often filled with people resting on
benches or taking photos of the surrounding historic sites.
Plaza de Mayo
PLAZA
( cnr Av de Mayo & San Martín)
Planted between the Casa Rosada, the Cabildo and the city's
main cathedral, grassy Plaza de Mayo is ground zero for the city's most vehement
protests. In the plaza's center is the
Pirámide de Mayo
, a white obelisk built to mark the
first anniversary of BA's independence from Spain. Looming on the plaza's north side is
the impressive
Banco de la Nación
(1939), the work of famed architect Alejandro
Bustillo.
Today the plaza attracts camera-toting tourists, the occasional camera thief and fre-
quent activists. And if you happen to be here on Thursdays at 3:30pm, you'll see the
Madres de la Plaza de Mayo; these 'Mothers of the Disappeared' continue to march for
social-justice causes.
Casa Rosada
NOTABLE BUILDING
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