ZIP colonial Buenos Aires, San Telmo neighborhood leads tourists along cobblestone streets that bend around corners without chamfer, and discover its ancient vera adobe and brick houses. It is one of the most characteristic areas of the Federal Capital, land candombes and tangos, who once settled for the nearby Monserrat called "Barrio Sur".
He describes San Telmo almost motionless as a piece on the board changing Buenos Aires. This is where the past appears in this looming building structures, pavers and even in African rhythms rioplatenses still resonate in dimension.
El Pasaje San Lorenzo and typical eighteenth century mansion; Pasaje La Defensa where exceptional antiquarian works; Minimum strange house with its facade of 2.2m. wide; Old Hotel transformed into an art gallery; San Telmo Market, a fascinating structure of iron with tin roofs and glass opened in 1897; Plaza Dorrego declared a National Historic Landmark and stage every Sunday afternoon in a colorful antiques fair; trace the historical-cultural tour of San Telmo.
Among other buildings, residences Argentine personalities, religious monuments and temples, make space on the undercard of this neighborhood and the Prison Museum Argentino began his long career in 1760; the Museum of Modern Art; the National History Museum; and the Cinema Museum, with its fascinating collection of films, posters, costumes, photos and documents.
The traditional British Bar and South Bar, a pioneer in the night show in Buenos Aires, close to San Telmo proposal that also Saturday and Sunday becomes a pedestrian street defense, displaying a charming show of street performers, magicians, statues living and puppeteers.
