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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
8<br />
Plaza de Mayo<br />
Like spokes on a wheel, some of <strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ most important avenues<br />
radiate outward from Plaza de Mayo. Nearly every era of the city’s history<br />
is reflected in the plaza’s surroundings. The 18th-century government’s<br />
diminutive seat of power, El Cabildo, is divested of any official duty, yet it<br />
still manages to exude an imposing aura opposite the much larger current<br />
executive governmental offices, the Casa Rosada. The landscaped space in<br />
between has been the scene of Argentina’s fiercest internal struggles and<br />
greatest joys, from the naval attacks of 1955 to pulsating parties following<br />
World Cup soccer victories in 1978 and 1986. For all its formidable history,<br />
Plaza de Mayo can still offer a quiet bench to read the paper or sip a maté.<br />
Plazoleta de San Francisco<br />
If you are visiting<br />
between March and<br />
November, take a trip<br />
to the nearby Casa<br />
de la Cultura (see<br />
p15) for the free<br />
dance performances<br />
at 6pm.<br />
Have cakes and<br />
coffee just two<br />
blocks away at Café<br />
La Puerto Rico (Calle<br />
Alsina 420).<br />
• Map F2<br />
• Casa Rosada: Calle<br />
Hipólito Yrigoyen 216;<br />
4344-3802; www.<br />
museo.gov.ar<br />
• El Cabildo: Calle<br />
Bolívar 65; 4342-6729;<br />
www.cultura.gov.ar<br />
• La Catedral<br />
Metropolitana: Cnr Avda.<br />
Rivadavia & Calle San<br />
Martín; 4331-2845;<br />
www.arzbaires.org.ar/<br />
catedral.htm<br />
• Ministerio de<br />
Economía: Calle Hipólito<br />
Yrigoyen 250; 4349-<br />
5000; www.mecon.<br />
gov.ar<br />
<strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> Features<br />
1 Casa Rosada<br />
2 El Cabildo<br />
3 La Catedral Metropolitana<br />
4 Pirámide de Mayo<br />
5 Las Madres de Plaza<br />
de Mayo<br />
6 Banco de la Nación<br />
7 Monument to General<br />
Belgrano<br />
8 Protests<br />
9 Ministerio de Economía<br />
0 Plazoleta de San Francisco<br />
! Casa Rosada<br />
The President holds<br />
meetings in the Casa<br />
Rosada (above). Visitors<br />
can go back in time in the<br />
building’s museum, containing<br />
artifacts from the city’s<br />
original fortification.<br />
El Cabildo @ This viceroy government<br />
building, built in 1725,<br />
guards a collection of relics<br />
that hint at Argentina’s<br />
pre-independence stature.<br />
Its rear patio hosts an<br />
artisans’ market on<br />
Thursdays and Fridays.<br />
£ La Catedral<br />
Metropolitana<br />
This large Neo Classical<br />
cathedral (below) was<br />
consecrated in 1836. A<br />
look inside reveals a<br />
Rococo-style altar and the<br />
mausoleum of Argentina’s<br />
liberator, General José de<br />
San Martín.
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