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| A walk for the neighborhood of Belgrano |
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Belgrano is one of the most residential and refined neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. It possesses great quantity of old and important elegant large houses, most typical of ends of last century.
As counterpoint, in this neighborhood modern, sophisticated, comfortable construído is had and in some cases, spectacular buildings of departments.
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| Belgrano is a neighborhood loaded with culture, tradition and history and walking for its streets can appreciate monuments, museums, libraries and magnificent squares. Coarse to know that it was designed by Carlos Thays, the French architect hired by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, responsible for many of the most beautiful parks in the country. |
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| The square Manuel Belgrano |
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This square has two characteristics: there are doves, like in the Square of the Congress, and jacarandaes.
In November, when the jacarandaes flourishes and they cover of flowers of color blue-violet, the square has its own sky.
The square is also today a meeting place. The ends of it you-flows there is a handmade fair and, like in all the squares, there are always boys playing.
When Belgrano was a city separated from the rest of Buenos Aires, this square it was its center. Here those that were their more important buildings are still: the Immaculate Concepción's church, the municipal school and the building of the municipality that now is the Museum Sarmiento. |
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| Church of the Immaculate Concepción |
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This is the Immaculate Concepción's church. It has a very particular form: it is the only circular church of Buenos Aires, for that reason they tell him "the round of Belgrano". It can see it from far, above the other constructions.
To the sides of the church is the recova, a construction that before was made on the sidewalks. The recova is kind of a roof sustained by walls with arches.
Formerly under the recovas, the salespersons settled. In the recova of Belgrano now is bars and restaurants. |
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| Historical museum Sarmiento (Juramento and Cuba) |
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| It is a splendid mansion of style Italian construída in 1873. It was headquarters of the old Municipality of Belgrano. Then it harbored the National Government, and in her the law was promulgated that declared to the city of Buenos Aires, as Federal Capital of the Nation. Then and until our days became museum. There 31200 objects belonging to Domingo Faustino can be appreciated Sarmiento, including the historical file and the hemeroteca that are exhibited in 13 rooms. |
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| Museum Larreta (Juramento 2291) |
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| The Municipal Museum of Spanish Art Enrique Larreta, is a typical Renaissance Spanish house of the XIX century, with its classic balconies, grills and mirador. It was property of Don Enrique Larreta, famous writer argentino. There are hereí one of the most valuable treasures in the existent Hispanic art is in Buenos Aires. It has 12 rooms of exhibitions, where they are exhibited, among other important works of art, religious images, wooden sizes, altarpieces policromados and furniture fraileros, of the most exquisite pleasure. It is really spectacular the Andalusian garden that surrounds the residence, full with plants and bushes of those that come off fresh fragrances, with sources and sculptures that increase their charm. During the summer, in him concerts and theatrical representations are made. |
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| Museum Casa de Yrurtia |
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| It was the Argentinean sculptor's house Rogelio Yrurtia. It is of style American Baroque, commonly colonial call. It was donated by the artist and their wife, the painter Ties Belt Morales and contains paintings, tapestries, sculptures, old furniture and all type of similar objects that Yrurtia and her wife were accumulating, of the tantísimos trips that they carried out Europe during her life. But the essential thing constitutes it the sculptor's works, among those that we can appreciate preparatory studies from the "Song to the Work." Oils of their wife are also shown. |
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| The Angel house |
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| It was the house of the renowned French esgrimista Carlos Delcasse. It is a construction of Norman style, with a mirador in the one that was the figure of an angel; of there their name. It was frequented by important Argentinean politicians, as Lisandro of the Tower, Juan Domingo Perón, Alfredo Palacios, Inspired etc. in that same place, the writer Beatriz Guido published the novel the Angel" House that was taken to the cinema with great success for Tower Nilson. |
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The neighborhood has infinity of sport institutions, among those that anything is counted less than the monumental Stadium of River Plate, with capacity for 80.000 people and the Argentinean Horsy Club, located in the Avenue Figueroa Alcorta.
In Belgrano they have their headquarters numerous Embassies, as those of Germany, Australia, Bulgaria, Cuba, Philippines, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Poland, Czech Republic, Republic of Croatia, R. Of Slovenia, Islamic R. of Pakistan, Popular R China, Socialist R. of Vietnan, Russian Federation, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey and Venezuela. |
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Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta
Juramento 2291
Telephone: 4783-2640 /4748-4040.
Schedule: Monday, Marses and Friday of 14.00 to 19.45 hs. Saturdays, Sundays and Traded of 15.00 to 19.45 hs
You visit Guided: Sundays to the 16.00 and 18.00 hs.
Entrance: $1 (voucher Contribution $1), Marses free. Closed January.
Museo Casa de Yrurtia
O`Higgins 2390
Telephone: 4781-0385.
Schedule: Wednesday to Sundays of 15.00 to 19.00 hs
Entrance: $1. it includes guided visits.
Museo Nacional del Hombre
3 de Febrero 1370/8
Tel.: 4782-7251/4783-6554.
Schedule: Monday to Friday of 10.00 to 18.00 hs. Gratuitous entrance. Open the whole year.
Museo Libero Badii
11 de Septiembre 1990
Telephone: 4784-8650 / 4783-3819.
Schedule: Marses to Friday of 10.00 to 18.00 hs. Saturdays and Sundays of 15.00 to 19.00 hs. You visit autoguiadas with walkman.
Gratuitous entrance. Closed January.
Museo Histórico Sarmiento
Cuba 2079
Telephone: 4783-7555.
Schedule: Monday to Friday and Sundays 15.00 to 19.00 hs.
You visit Guided: Sundays 16.00 hs
Entrance $1. Open the whole year.
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción (La Redonda) (Catholic Church)
Vuelta de Obligado 2042.
Telephone: 4783 - 8008.
Schedule: Monday to Saturdays of 7.30 to 12.00 hs. and 16.00 to 20.30 hs. Sundays of 7.30 to 13.30 hs. and 16.00 to 21.15 hs.
Plaza: "Manuel Belgrano" .
Av. Juramento y Vuelta de Obligado (Belgrano)
It trades Handmade
Schedule: Saturdays, Sundays and Traded 10.00 to 20.00 hs. Gratuitous entrance.
Museo Argentino de Caza Mayor
Udaondo and Figueroa Alcorta.
Telephone: 4782-4000 intern 111.
Schedule: of Wednesday to Sundays of 9.00 to 13.00 hs. and of 14.00 to 18.00 hs. Open the whole year.
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