Can anyone tell me something about San Telmo, Buenos Aires?

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Can anyone tell me something about San Telmo, Buenos Aires?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

I would look it up on line,after all it is there to see I'm sure.other than that never been there

Answer 4

I've been 7 times to Buenos Aires and several to San Telmo. It's quite an old neighbourhood abd every sunday there is an antique fair in the main square (Plaza Dorrego) where you can find some nice, albeit expensive things. Also, there is always some Tango going on in the square. Around Plaza Dorrego are several antique shops, worth the visit. There are also many small bars and restaurants. Go on a Sunday or else you wont see the antique fair. If you love to walk, walk then to Puerto Madero (several blocks!!!).

Answer 5

San Telmo is widely hailed as the most picturesque part of Buenos Aires.  

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When I walk the tree lined, cobbled stone streets, with their imposing colonial style buildings lit up by fraoles (gas lights), I often feel transported back in time - San Telmo to me is the passion and romance that brought me to amazing Buenos Aires.

San Telmo is the oldest district (barrio) in Buenos Aires and is a great Argentinean historical centre, not much has happened that this barrio could not recount.  San Telmo gets it names from Pedro Gonzalez Telmo who was a Spanish Franciscan monk Canonised in 1741. He is attributed with catching fish in his hands, protecting ships and is the Patron Saint of Portuguese and Spanish sailors.

This barrio was originally settled by Buenos Aires’ richest residents. Their great sense of style and wealth is still very much alive in the wonderful Quintas (large colonial style houses) that today house the most eclectic array of high quality antique shops and arts and craft galleries.  It reminds me of parts of London’s Mayfair, St. James’s and Chelsea without the snobbery or condescending shop girls. Click here to view fantastic low cost accommodation in Buenos Aires  or  Click here to read about Belgrano, Palermo, Puerto Madero and Recoleta.

In 1806, Britain at war with Spain, felt Buenos Aires an easy prize, a small expeditionary forced landed and managed to form a bridgehead for a wider invasion. The war in Europe weighed heavily on Great Britain and in 1807 the British were forced down the streets of San Telmo by fierce hand-to-hand combat and by women, slaves and children aiming burning oil and scalding water projectiles, small arms and cannon fire from their roof tops and balconies. The British retreat to ships is legendary and their defeat and Spain’s demise were the catalysts for the birth of a nation.

In 1871, an outbreak of Yellow Fever sent the rich fleeing across the city to Downtown and Recoleta and their mansions were soon taken over by squatters who gave birth to the city's historic conventillos (tenement houses).  Incredibly, (things do not happen quickly in Argentina) it took 100 years (1970) to pass laws that would finally protect peoples property.  Do not leave San Telmo without going to The British Bar (Bar Britanico) at the corner of Brasil and Defensa Streets, El Viejo Almacén, in Independencia and Balcarce Streets, El Federal, at the corner of Peru and Carlos Calvo Streets and the Parroquia de San Pedro Telmo.

Lezama Park: has a monument to Pedro de Mendoza (one of the founders of Buenos Aires), this is a smashing green space with huge sculptures. Just across the Lezama Park, is The Russian Orthodox Church of the Sacred Trinity: Built by Russian migrants fleeing Bolshevism and poverty in early 1900.  The National History Museum: Documents Argentinean history. Museum of Modern Art: Contemporary art, photographs, architectural and industrial designs are all local to you.