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Caminito ("little walkway" or "little path" in Spanish) is a street museum and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The place acquired cultural significance because it inspired the music for the famous tango "Caminito (1926)", composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
Nevertheless the institution that worked for longer in that building was the Buenos Aires prison, from 1608 to 1877, when their prisoners were transferred to the missing national penitentiary of Las Heras Street, when it was inaugurated. [9] The Cabildo was declared National Historic Monument in 1933 [10] and was opened to public as a museum in ...
The avenue's layout, built through existing urban blocks instead of via the widening of a parallel street, was designed by the municipal public works director, Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. Buschiazzo was also commissioned to design a number of the buildings along the avenue (among them, City Hall) after Mayor Miguel Cané enacted strict ...
Djerba ().; Matmata (Open-Air Museum of "Troglodyte" houses), Governorate of Gabes, south part of Tunisia, the whole village registered by UNESCO World Heritage, today is maintained by the Association of the Cultural Protection of Matmata)
The Casa de Esteban de Luca, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a historic house, once inhabited by the Argentine poet, soldier, Esteban de Luca, who wrote odes to General José de San Martín, as well to his victories in the battles of Chacabuco, Maipú, and other milestones in the Argentine War of Independence; his Marcha Patriótica was, briefly and until 1813, the unofficial Argentine National ...
Newport News is about to look much more colorful in the next few weeks, as the city is partnering with the Contemporary Arts Network Foundation to create a city-wide mural project. Both regional ...
In 1955, it helped inspire local artist Benito Quinquela Martín to restore a La Boca neighborhood alley, the Caminito, creating an enduring city landmark. [3] Filiberto sipping yerba mate in later life. Following this success and that of "Botines viejos" ("Old lace shoes") [10] in 1932, Filiberto formed his own group, the "Orquesta Porteña". [4]
A unique new exhibit at the Route History museum in Springfield, Illinois, draws visitors into the lives of Black men who left a legacy along Route 66.