La Boca, Buenos Aires

La Boca is one of the most ancient and popular neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. The place is very colourful, instead of dirt, noise, obscure.
But if you walked through the neigborhood for sure you will bump into surrprisingly clear river with amazing romantic view. Across the river you see almost every day a crowded row of twenty, maybe thirty people, painting their landscape.

La Boca has too much history. It’s located at the border of the Raichuelo (a small river), and it was a refuge for the immigrants form Italy and Spain, who arrived between the years 1880 and 1930. The neighborhood is a mix of wonderful colours. The houses were made with wood and metal sheet, and the walls were painted with the leftlovers of paintings.

All these beautiful colours are the main characteristic of this palce. Painters and photographs loved them, especially the artists. Many of the artists every Sunday work and sell their works of art around Caminito (little road). Caminito is the most precious icon of La Boca. It collect the tourist movement and offers ‘tango’ shows with music and dance. Caminito has particular character with its restorment of the houses. Most of them become open art galleries.

Everything in La Boca is a genuine example of the Buenos Aires culture.
Some of the photographs are estimate highly and made by Harry Kikstra.
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