Argentina

Places in this region

The Manzana de las Luces

A Gateway to an Underground Tunnel Network

The Manzana de las Luces, or “Block of the Lights”, housed the activities of the early Jesuit missionaries in the nascent Buenos Aires, and as a complex comprises the church of San Ignacio, a... »

Subterranean Sites | Edited by and Dylan

Palacio Barolo

A tower devoted to - and modeled after - the Divine Comedy

Located a minute's walk from Argentina's national legislature, at the end of Buenos Aires' Avenida de Mayo, the Palacio Barolo, once South America's tallest building, still towers above the... »

Commercial Curiosities, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by , Dylan and others

Floralis Generica

105 foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires

Designed and paid for by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano, the Floralis Generica, a giant silvery flower, has been a striking city landmark since it opened in 2002. The enormous metal flower... »

Strange Statues | Edited by ilbonito, M Rebekah Otto and others

Buenos Aires Recoleta Cemetery

Buenos Aires most upscale cemetery

Recoleta Cemetery, in the upscale Recoleta Barrio of Buenos Aires, is the final resting place of many of Argentina's wealthiest and most famous families and personages. The mausoleums are fairly... »

Museums and Collections, Unusual Monuments, Relics and Reliquaries, Horticultural Marvels, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Clinton

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