Home to 3 million people, the city is both the capital and major port of Argentina.
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| La Casa Rosada, the Pink House, the presidential palace at the heart of the city. |
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Opposite the Casa Rosada, El Ayuntamiento, the town hall, the seat of government when
Argentina was a Spanish colony. |
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| Buenos Aires has some fine buildings, this one housing a bank, El Banco de la Nación |
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| A city with aspirations of grandeur also needs its public parks, this one in Retiro |
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| In November the parks become even more beautiful when the jacaranda trees bloom. |
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Commonplace architecture is often enlivened with brightly coloured paint,
as here in El Caminito district. |
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A gift from the British to celebrate the 100th anniversary of independence, the Torre
de los Ingleses was renamed after the Falklands War. |
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The memorial to the Argentine soldiers who died in the Falklands War.
Sovereignty over Las Malvinas remains a sensitive issue, some say a distraction from domestic politics. |
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The memorial to the dead on the site of the former Israeli Embassy, bombed in 1992.
4 embassy staff and 25 locals died, many of them children at a nearby school.
The identity of the perpetrators is still a controversial mystery. |
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| The Catholic religion remains a strong force, Buenos Aires has many churches |
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As well as the worshipping of saints, here the paint on the bronze statue has been
worn away by those seeking favours. |
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| And the elaborate sculptures in cemeteries, as here in the Recoleta necropolis |
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The monument to independence on 25 May 1810, in the square of the same name in front of La Casa Rosada
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| A union street protest near the Plaza 25 de Mayo |
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| Street protest is often seen in the many murals on city walls |
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The city has many statues to Jose de San Martin, the general who led the independence movement
from Spain in the early 19th century. This is one is in front of the Casa Rosada. |
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A bust of Eva Peron at the museum dedicated to her memory, she remains for Argentines either
a love or hate figure to this day, a sign of the polarised nature of the country's political history. |
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| A less controversial hero, even though he has always played his club football in Spain. |
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| The busy street in Retiro, the micro-centro of the city. |
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| Vino, any grape in Argentina will do so long as it is Malbec |
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| The gourds of Yerba Mate, a popular bitter local tea, on sale in a local market. |
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| El Asado, the Argentine BBQ, part of the culture of meat eating. |
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| The sleeping street dog partly basking in the sun, certainly not thin with all that meat around. |
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| A different life for dogs the upmarket district of Recoleta, with their hired walker |
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