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Three city tours have been published; other walks are being prepared and will be added gradually.

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  1. Benito Quinquela Martín School-Museum: story on the “La Boca: Port, Artists, and Football” route

    Here you will learn why the port scenes in the classrooms were considered so controversial that curtains were demanded for them.

  2. Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    This stop explains why the new government needed a church ceremony, places of honor, and a reception at the doors.

  3. Cabildo: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    From here, the city council organized the defense that turned the blocks around the square into a system of fortified lines.

  4. Caminito: story on the “La Boca: Port, Artists, and Football” route

    Here you will learn why its famous riot of color was a deliberate creation of the mid-twentieth century.

  5. Casa Rosada: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    The presidential palace would become the center of a rebellion in which the air attack and the ground assault produced different results.

  6. Fundación Proa: Art Opposite the Bridge: story on the “La Boca: Port, Artists, and Football” route

    This stop links contemporary art to a port structure that became an exhibition venue for two evenings.

  7. La Bombonera: the box that became the club's heart: story on the “La Boca: Port, Artists, and Football” route

    The finale will show how the lack of land determined the stadium's shape and anchored the club in its home neighborhood.

  8. Lezama Park: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    This is where the route's main theme begins: how private estates on the southern outskirts became part of the city.

  9. Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    This stop is included for the story of how a vanished artwork was reconstructed without plans.

  10. Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    Here you will see how an industrial warehouse was adapted for a museum collection.

  11. National Historical Museum of Argentina: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    This stop shows what it took to bring together the nation's history under one safe roof.

  12. Plaza de Mayo: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    Here you will see how people outside forced the city council to change a decision made behind closed doors.

  13. Plaza Dorrego and the San Telmo Fair: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    The finale will explain how a museum experiment brought commerce back to the square and changed the whole neighborhood.

  14. Café Tortoni: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    A former wine cellar will show how a regular group of visitors created its own stage and program.

  15. Congress and Congressional Plaza: story on the “Power in Buenos Aires: From Plaza de Mayo to Congress” route

    The finale takes the route into the Senate Chamber, where a dispute over the meat trade ended in gunfire and an unidentified person who ordered it.

  16. El Zanjón de Granados: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    The underground route will connect a chance construction discovery with the former topography of Buenos Aires.

  17. San Telmo Market: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    The market will link the immigrants’ food district with today’s antique stalls and cafés.

  18. Pasaje San Lorenzo and Casa Mínima: story on the “San Telmo: Old City, Markets, and Tango” route

    The tiny façade shows how an error in documents could change a real house.

  19. Vuelta de Rocha: story on the “La Boca: Port, Artists, and Football” route

    The river bend will show how shore-side workshops helped turn merchant vessels into a combat squadron.

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