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La Boca (Spanish: [la ˈβoka]; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) [2] is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.. Its location near the Port of Buenos Aires meant the neighbourhood became a melting pot of different cultures during the 20th century, when millions of immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived to Argentina.
Among the most visited and populated barrios are Palermo, Recoleta, Puerto Madero, Belgrano, San Telmo, La Boca, Monserrat and Caballito. Sectors of the city are also traditionally known as neighbourhoods by the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, but not officially by the authorities of the city; some examples include Barrio Chino , Barrio Norte and ...
The Matanza River is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) stream in Argentina that originates in the Buenos Aires Province and defines the southern boundary of the Buenos Aires federal district. It empties into the Río de la Plata between Tandanor and Dock Sud. The La Boca neighbourhood and the Boca Juniors football club are
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Buenos Aires is known as The Paris of South America. The architecture of the second half of the 19th century continued to reproduce French neoclassic models, such as the headquarters of the Banco de la Nación Argentina built by Alejandro Bustillo, and the Museo Hispanoamericano de Buenos Aires of Martín Noel.
La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa . La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colourful houses and main street, the Caminito .
In 1895, 181,361 of the 663,864 inhabitants of the city of Buenos Aires were Italians. The main settlement was the La Boca district of Buenos Aires, where Italians represented 80% of the merchants and 70% of the employees. At the same time there were 13 Italian-language newspapers.
Puente Transbordador (also known as Buenos Aires Transporter Bridge, Puente Transbordador de La Boca [2] Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda, [3] Antiguo Puente Nicolás Avellaneda or Transbordador del Riachuelo [1]) is a transporter bridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The bridge was in use from its completion in 1914 until 1960, when ...