Originally conceived by Bernardino Rivadavia and designed by Frenchman Prosper Catelin, the cemetery was opened in 1822. The narrow passages and high walls make comparisons...

The Obelisco was built to mark four of the city's key historical events: the first and the final foundation of Buenos Aires; the 1880 declaration of the city as the country's...

Part archaeological museum, part event space, El Zanjón is a beautifully restored residenceencapsulating three centuries of urban living. Although the façade dates from 1830,...

Watching a game here is a unique and vertiginous experience: the concrete stands vibrate and at the higher levels you feel like a wrong move will tip you out on to the pitch...

The Monumental - home to Club Atlético River Plate, eternal rivals of Boca Juniors - was the setting for the opening and the final of the 1978 World Cup. It's the largest...

With almost 200,000 visitors in 2007 and consistent rave reviews in both the local and foreign media, Malba would be many people's pick for best museum in the city. Frida Kahlo...

Open to visitors again after extensive renovations in 2007, the Pink House museum displays portraits, hats, mate gourds, cigar boxes, military decorations and carriages that...

For the real pasión you should visit the Bombonera on a match day; but for everything else Boca, this modern museum hits the back of the net. There are loads of audio-visual...

The MNBA has 32 rooms, several sculpture patios, a library and an auditorium. It houses the country's biggest collection of 19th- and 20th-century Argentinian artworks, which,...

Argentina's constitution was inspired by its US equivalent. In a similar spirit of benign plagiarism, the Palacio del Congreso is a dome-and-column affair designed to resemble...

Unquestionably BA's greatest cultural monument, at the time of going to press still closed for restoration work. Due to open in late 2008.

There are few buildings in Buenos Aires that would merit a listing in this section despite being closed for renovation work, but this world-renowned opera house is one of them....