Buenos Aires

(Cityscopes)

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Indhold: History (The two foundations of Buenos Aires, 1536 and 1580 ; The colonial city and the English invasions, 1806 and 1807 ; Independence city, 1810 and repercussions ; The civil war city and Rosas, 1829-80 ; Buenos Aires as the capital, 1880-1930 ; The infamous decade, 1930-43 ; Perón, Evita, peronism and anti-peronism, 1943-89 ; Into the twenty-first-century city). The city today (Gardel's smoking statue ; La Bombonera, Boca Juniors and football ; On the trail of Jorge Luis Borges ; The greening city ; The labyrinth of the Recoleta Cemetery ; The fin de siècle city : from Plaza de Mayo to Congreso ; Gallery city ; Bookworm paradise ; The Museo Larreta and Walled Garden). Listings

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