The declining aristocracy has not lost its luxury.
Looking down from the air at Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the second largest city in South America, we cannot but admire the planning of this city. Incredibly neat! There are many chessboard cities, but none is as big as Buenos Aires. Tour guide, every block of 100 meters, regardless of the situation. Street numbers are also very regular, and each street is increased by 100.
Buenos Aires is called the Little Paris of South America. The density of outdoor cafes on the street is second only to Paris, and white people come and go, which makes people feel that they are in a European city. The main road in the city center, 79th Avenue, is said to be the widest road in the world. But as a Beijinger who is used to wide roads, he actually prefers to explore the quiet alleys under the French buttonwood. Behind the tree is a European-style stone house with exquisite relief. I don't know how many Argentines used to be proud of their glory.
In fact, as early as the early 20th century, Argentina became one of the richest countries in the world because of the large demand for agricultural products in Europe. But animal husbandry has made Argentina a rich country and slowed down the process of industrialization. After entering the 1970s, Argentina's economy began to decline, and now Buenos Aires is completely like a declining aristocrat. Its luxury can be seen from those exquisite old buildings.
People who first arrive in Buenos Aires will basically visit the magnificent El Ateneo, a local landmark. Its predecessor was 1860, a palace built by great architects Piro and Torres Amongo for the Queen of Argentina, Masgruksman. Athens Bookstore has three floors and a business area of more than 2,000 square meters, which is the highest in South America. In the bookstore, the golden wall is brilliant and elegant. The dome mural painted by Italian painter Nazareno Olanti shows the hope of people who have experienced war for peace.
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Buenos Aires means good air in Spanish. Indeed, the air here is very fresh, there are lush forests and grasslands on the edge of the city, and there are parks like rose gardens in the center of the city, all of which are not small. There are phoenix trees, eucalyptus trees, palm trees and crape myrtle trees on both sides of the street, and tall kapok trees are all over the city.
Although the whole city is surrounded by flowers, there is a very rare flower in Buenos Aires. It is a giant flower made of aluminum and steel, weighing 18 tons, and is called Floralis Genrica. Six 20-meter-high petals form a solar sculpture. Every day, computer-controlled hydraulic equipment opens the petals at sunrise and closes them at sunset. The stamens of key parts are made of aviation aluminum alloy, and the outer layer is covered with stainless steel. The opening and closing degree of petals and the orientation of flowers can also change with the change of sunlight. This giant metal flower blooms 24 hours a day on Argentina's National Day, Independence Day, Flag Day and other major festivals.
Boca tasted the true face of Argentina.
There is nothing like Boca de Buenos Aires to taste the free and unrestrained nature of Argentina, which is also the hometown of diego maradona and Argentine tango.
Boca was originally a slum in Buenos Aires. 1870, a yellow fever epidemic occurred in Buenos Aires, and rich people rushed to move to the north. Most of the residents who stayed in this area were poor immigrants from Italy and Spain. They built a simple house with iron sheets. Because there is no money to buy paint, in order to make the iron huts more personalized and more like home, they try their best to get the remaining paint from the paint boat in the port and paint the exterior walls of these houses. It turns out that these special paints for ships are corrosion-resistant, waterproof and durable, and they are the most colorful blocks in Buenos Aires.
The famous Boca Junior Football Team was born in Boca District. During the season, there will be games at home every weekend. There is only one color in the block where the stadium is located: blue and yellow boca jerseys. However, this is an unintentional move: 1905, when Boca Juniors were founded, their jerseys were originally pink. 1907, people agreed to use the color of the first merchant ship that entered Hong Kong as the color of their new jerseys. As a result, a Swedish ship sailed into the port. Two distant countries lasted for more than a hundred years. On the occasion of the birth of Boca Juniors 105, the team once again put on the original Swedish flag, and Boca Juniors seemed to return to the moment when Swedish ships sailed into the port.
Tango, why not start from the beginning?
Go to Tango Porto to enjoy an Argentine tango drama, which is very enjoyable.
Walking on the pedestrian street in Caminito, the melody of tango floats in my ears, just like the exclusive background music of this block. Tango, a dance of laborers at the bottom of society, gathers dockworkers in pubs every night to relieve the anguish of leaving home. Music and dance beats from different cultural backgrounds collide passionately here, and the air is filled with ambiguity and temptation. When the sailors come back from the sea, the girls with heavy makeup under the street lights at night always try to reach out to them and ask them to start tango, which is still a classic action.
At night, the tango performance in the theater began, and the amazing spring scenery was quietly lonely in Buenos Aires. Although it is like fireworks, it only lasts for a moment. At that moment, our memories crossed the galaxy of time, like fragments of stars, scattered at both ends of the map. The tango dancers embraced each other and danced, as if they had heard the seductive words in the movie "Spring Break Out": Why don't we start all over again?