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Overview
It is the most important city in Argentina. It was a commercial center in the colonial period, because of its important port wich leads to the Atlantic Ocean, where a lot of European ships used to arrive.
Today, it continues to be an international business and tourist center. Year after year, tourists from all over the world come to Buenos Aires to discover the classical neighborhoods.
La Boca and San Telmo, with Italian influences, Recoleta and Barrio Norte, with French and aristocratic style, the civic center with its public buildings and the shopping areas like Belgrano.
Financial, stock-exchange and economical seat of the country, Buenos Aires is the main port of the nation. It has an intense commercial activity, reflected in numberless shops of the main world famous branches, shop centres and commercial shoppings.
Its nightlife is quite varied and extends through the early hours. Discos, restaurants, cafeterias and many other attractions for all tastes are spread all around the city offering the tourist a large number of options.
Cultural Life
As far as European architecture is concerned, many streets recall those of Paris.
Its numberless museums, exposition and conference centres, art galleries, cinemas and theatres with national and international spectacles of high quality, are witnesses of its important cultural life.
The Colon Theatre, one of the most important lyrical theatres in the world, is seat, together with some other scenaries, of an intense musical activity that comprises all genres including, of course, the famous and typical Tango; besides, the city is frequently visited by orchestras, groups and soloists from all over the world.
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