Colourful Houses - La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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S 34° 38.363 W 058° 21.761
21H E 375105 N 6166102
La Boca district, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Waymark Code: WM18EM2
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 07/19/2023
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La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Buenos Aires, with its colorful houses and its pedestrian street, the Caminito, where tango artists perform.
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Google translation: "La Boca is a neighborhood (barrio) near the center of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located southeast of the center, near the port, surrounded by Barracas to the west, and San Telmo and Puerto Madero to the north. It is called "La Boca" (the mouth) because it rises around one of the mouths of the Riachuelo.
History
It is home to many inhabitants originally from Italy. Following a long general strike in 1882, a rebellion proclaimed Boca's secession from Argentina, and raised the Genoese flag. The Argentine regime quickly suppressed this rebellion, and President Julio Argentino Roca himself removed this Genoese flag.
Today, the district of La Boca is very popular with tourists who come en masse to admire the colorful facades of the houses, and appreciate the lively pace of life in the district, while strolling down Caminito Street. La Boca is a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
It is also a district where left-wing political currents are concentrated, its inhabitants having elected in 1935 the first member of the Socialist Argentinian Congress, Alfredo Palacios. During the economic crisis that hit Argentina hard in 2001, La Boca was the scene of many demonstrations.
Sport
La Boca is also world famous for its football club, Club Atletico Boca Juniors, where Diego Maradona played, as well as its terrible stadium, La Bombonera." (
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