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u Belgrano
Northwest of Palermo. * 138,
942. £ Juramento, Belgrano C,
Belgrano R. @ 60, 65, 114, 118,
152. ( Sat & Sun.
Named after Manuel Belgrano,
the Independence hero who
designed the national flag,
Belgrano was the capital of the
Argentinian Republic for a
few weeks in 1880. When the
authorities in the capital found
themselves at odds with the Chessboard-tiled dining room at Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta
provincial government, it was
chosen as a neutral seat of E Museo de Arte Español several trips Larreta made to
power. These days, the only Enrique Larreta Spain to research his 1908
evidence of this former glory Ave Juramento 2291. Tel (011) 4784- historical novel, The Glory of Don
is the town hall, now the 4040. £ Juramento. @ 60, 65, 114, Ramiro. There are also several
Sarmiento Historical Museum, 118. Open 1–7pm Mon–Fri, portraits of Larreta himself for
and the church of La 10am–8pm Sat, Sun, & hols. & Thu which he sat in Paris in 1912. The
Inmaculada Concepción, free. 8 5pm Mon–Fri, 4pm & 6pm collection in the museum was
known to the locals as Sat & Sun. 7 limited. = ∑ buenos substantially augmented in 1997
La Redonda because of aires.gob.ar/museolarreta with 30 paintings and objects
its circular walls. The Located in the heart of from the Museo de Arte
barrio has a good range Belgrano, this museum Hispanoamericano Isaac
of bars, restau rants, and is housed in the former Fernández Blanco, including
retail outlets and Buenos residence of writer valuable works by Sánchez
Aires’s only Chinatown Enrique Larreta (1874– Coello and Pantoja de la Cruz.
is also located here. 1961). He was an
Belgrano proper is a important figure in E Museo Casa de Yrurtia
typical middle-class area, Argentinian modernism O’Higgins 2390. Tel (011) 4781-0385.
but heading towards and was nominated for £ Juramento. @ 60, 65. Open
Belgrano Residencial the Nobel Prize in 1941. 11:30am–6pm Wed–Fri, 11:30am–7pm
beyond Avenida Cramer, The house has light- Sat, Sun, & hols. & Wed free. 8 3pm
the high-rise apartment soaked indoor patios Fri, 4:30pm Sat, Sun, & hols. 7 ^ =
blocks suddenly give San Martín de Tours and an orna mental ∑ museoyrurtia.cultura.gob.ar
way to cobblestoned at Museo de Arte garden sur rounded by Celebrated sculptor Rogelio
streets, private houses, Español Andalusian fruit trees. Yrurtia and his wife, the painter
and grand mansions. An The displays include Correa Morales, bequeathed
English parish church still paintings from the Renaissance their stylish Neo-Colonial house
stands on Cramer, and many and Baroque eras, wooden to the nation in 1942. It opened
houses ape the mock-Tudor furni ture, sculptures, and as a museum in 1949. All the
style found in England. weaponry collected over pieces exhibited are from the
couple’s personal collection and
testify to their eclectic tastes.
There are sculptures, mostly
figurative works in bronze or
plaster, and among the paintings
are still lifes, landscapes, and
portraits by Morales, alongside
those of other Argentinian
painters such as Martin Malharro,
Benito Quinquela Martín, and
Octavio Pinto. Standing out
among the pieces is Rue Cortot,
an early Picasso. There is also a
collec tion of Asian domestic
porce lain items, and textiles and
carpets from Mexico and Bolivia.
The furniture is a mix of Victorian
English and Second Empire
French. The garden is lined with
The Neo-Colonial façade of Museo Casa de Yrurtia plane trees and grapevines.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p279 and pp290–91

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