The Porteños - 365 Buenos Aires

The inhabitants of Buenos Aires are called “porteños,” which alludes to their being the “children of the port.”

The porteño port, the principle one in Argentina, resulted in a most singular formation. An important continent of immigration, a commercial center and offering services without comparison, the industry that has been established has generated the distinct identity of its porteño citizens, which is differenced from that of citizens of other provinces by the plurality of their incentives.

The result of this distribution has been an urban growth unequalled on Argentina’s territory.

Historically, the Barancas and La Boca neighborhoods were the centers by excellence for incipient industries. Its population –favored by fundamentally Genevan immigration- constituted a powerful colony of district workers.

Furthermore, The Plaza de Mayo, situated close to the coast, was a fundamental establishment, not only residentially, but as a natural base for commerce, religion and culture.

In this same plaza, the metropolitan cathedral still stands, along with the Executive Office (the Casa Rosada), and the financial district (represented by the national and international Bank).

In the same spirit, the city of Buenos Aires founded its eminent educational institutions to visually promote a continent in which its residents demanded progress. This is demonstrated in National University (Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires), the nacional library (Biblioteca Nacional), the Technological Univerity (Universidad Tecnológica Nacional), the nacional music conservatory (Conservatorio Nacional de Música) and the national academy of art (la Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes), the among others.

In this manner, the porteña idiosyncrasies were dynamically created following the growth of its population and the influential evolution of the city proper.

One inherent idiosyncrasy of the argentines is their pride, a result their accomplishments. They are conscientious of their preeminence, cherishing their access to culture, and their European ascendancy (mainly Italian). Moreover, they value their underlying projects to permanently renew and modernize their hegemony as the principle city in the Argentine Republic and to consolidate their privileged placed among the big cities of the world. This action of preservation is a fundamental attribute, innate in the porteño nature.