San Telmo, Buenos Aires
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San Telmo is the oldest barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis, it hosts some of its oldest buildings. One of the birthplaces of tango, during the mid 20t
Clockwise from top left: the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Lezama Park, antique fairs in Defensa Street, and a Tango show in Dorrego Square.
Street performers in San Telmo
Dorrego Café
"El Solar de French," one of numerous colonial residences converted into lofts or galleries, since 1980
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity is an Eastern Orthodox church building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the neighborhood of San Telmo, in front of Lezama Park.
San Telmo, Buenos Aires
…British, Galician, Italian and Russian-Argentines. The large numbers of Russians in San Telmo and elsewhere in Buenos Aires led to the consecration of Argentina's first Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. Expanding industry to the south also led a German immigrant, Otto Krause, to open a technical school here in 1897. San Telmo's bohemian air…
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