Peaceful park

San Telmo and Puerto Madero

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December 14th 2007
San Telmo, up from the Rio de la Plata, and Puerto Madero on it, were the Barrios we explored today. We left our neighbourhood by subway, then explored the underground, admiring its tastefully tiled walls, before re-boarding the cars for a diagonal virage and surfacing in a peaceful park of older people, adjacent to an elementary school. A trifle tattered and downscale on its perimeter, the pre ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more