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La Boca is possibly the most splendid barrio of Buenos Aires, filled with color from its humble facades and a permanent activity that possesses the soul of whoever happens to pass through.
The barrio was a typical settling place for the working class immigrants of 1860-1930, who were mostly Italian, and specifically Genoan. Owing to its location in the mouth of the port, the activity of the area was mostly related with the port, but today it’s a focal point for artists who found in it a picturesque font for inspiration. It’s located in the south-eastern limit of the city and owes its name precisely to its location in the mouth (boca) of the Riachuelo where it opens out to the Río de la Plata.
These immigrants brought the concept of the social struggle for workers’ rights from their native culture, along with anarchist and socialist ideas, which led to the election to the Congress of the first socialist representative, Alfredo Patricios.
This low-lying flood zone’s previous names were Boca del Riachuelo and also Puerto de los Tachos, with the last name coming from the abundance of salting houses, shipyards and warehouses that proudly displayed their containers (tachos).
The dwelling places of La Boca are typical of immigrants – wooden houses with roofs made of metal sheeting, many two-floored with common corridors and the rooms opening onto central patios, plus improvised kitchens and rickety staircases.
Italian ‘cantinas’ – nocturnal places of food and dance – also gave a particular character to the barrio: happiness and color, murals on the walls and interiors of the houses that can be seen in the barely 100 meters walk along famous pedestrian alley the Caminito, a profusion of personality and ingenuity. This exhibition has been created by great artists.
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History
The majority of historical theories on the foundation of Buenos Aires argue that La Boca was the settling place of Pedro de Mendoza in 1536.
During the Spanish colonial time, La Boca was a zone of barrack huts where they put up the black slaves. Already at the time of Independence salting houses and tanneries were functioning in the area.
Though the mouth of the Riach ...
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Places to visit
Calle Museo Caminito: Caminito Street Musuem. Inaugurated in 1859, now the Museo de Arte al Aire Libre (Open-air Art Museum).
Feria de la Plaza Vuelta de Rocha: Craft market.
Museo de Bellas Artes de La Boca Benito Quinquela Martín: Fine Art Museum. Shows the work of great Argentine painters and sculptors donated by the esteemed master. Includes an exhibition o ...
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Cultural Presence
The barrio of La Boca contains a large and diverse cultural life, referred to below. But without doubt the best symbol of what it represents is its original and unequalled.
Its houses built out of wood or sheet metal or a combination of the two, iron balconies, corrugated facades, inner walls made out of blocks of wood separating the different rooms as well as decorat ...
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Principal streets and meeting places
Av. de los Patricios: A place of numerous shops and constant activity.
Calle Caminito: This pedestrian alley might only be 100 meters long, but it has kilometers of attractions. Its uniqueness is marked out by the typical local houses painted in bright colors, windows filled with flowers, balconies with plants and clothes hanging to dry and murals on its walls, as wel ...
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