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RECOLETA

Only a street away from the traffic hubs and the labyrinth of Cementerio de la Recoleta
port depots of Retiro, Recoleta is altogether or watch canines being pam pered by hired
another world. This area was adopted by walkers in the parks. In recent years, a crafts
upper-class porteños after yellow fever broke market has established itself in the area and
out in San Telmo in 1871. Since then it has attracts visitors from less wealthy districts,
blossomed into a model of bourgeois but, for all its newfound democratic appeal,
refinement with old masters at the Museo Recoleta shimmers with old-style glamor
Nacional de Bellas Artes and book signings and appeals as much for its inaccessible
at Centro Cultural Recoleta. Visitors can roam wealth as its accessible pleasures.

Sights at a Glance
Historical Sites and Buildings Museums and Galleries
1 Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar 7 Museo Nacional
2 Centro Cultural Recoleta de Bellas Artes
3 Cementerio de la Recoleta (pp104–5) 9 Museo Casa de Ricardo Rojas
4 Café La Biela 0 Museo Xul Solar
5 Alvear Palace Hotel
6 Palais de Glace
8 Biblioteca Nacional

See also Street Finder
maps 2 & 3

CAL L E BRIG GRAL J F QU I R OGA
C A L L E C O U T U R E
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CALLE ROMERO
C A L L E A G Ü E R O CALLE GUIDO CALLE AGOTE LEVENE PARQUE
C ARJONILLA
AV E NID A D EL L IB E R TADOR
THAYS
CALLE
C COPÉRNICO
C A L L E G U T I É R R E Z
C A L L E A U S T R I A C A L L E F R E N C H AVENIDA GENERAL LAS HERAS C AL LE J UN IN AV EN I D C A L L E P O S A D A S
CALLE PEÑA
AVE DEL LIBERTADOR
C A L L E L A P R I D A
CALLE PACHECO DE MELO
C A L L E J U N C A L
Agüero C A L L E A R E N A L E S C A L L E A N C H O R E N A C A L L E L A R R E A C A L L E P E Ñ A CA LL E AYAC UC HO A A LVE A R CALLE R PEÑA C ALL E M ONT EV I DEO
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CALLE GALLO AVE SANTA FE AVENIDA PUEYRREDÓN C A L L E A ZC U É N A G A C A L L E J U N Í N AVEN UE CALLAO
CALLE PRES QUINTANA
GÜEMES
C A L L E PA C H E C O D E M E LO
C A L L E A G Ü E RO C A C A L L E E C U A D O R C A L L E A R E N A L E S C A L L E J U N C A L C A L L E M O N T E V I D E O
C A L L E R I O B A M B A
C A LL E LAP R I DA L LE C H A RC AS Pueyrredón C A L L E J U N Í N C A L L E AYA C U C H O
C A L L E L A R R E A CALLE AZCUÉNAGA C A L L E U R I B U R U C A L LE M T D E A LV EAR AVE CALLAO R O D R Í G U E Z P E N A
C A LLE MA N SI LL A
A V E N I D A S A N TA F E
C A L L E P A R A G U A Y
One of the many grand mausoleums at Cementerio de la Recoleta For keys to map symbols see back flap

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