Built in 1896, this was once the headquarters of the La Prensa newspaper but now belongs to the city government. This building's French feel goes beyond the façades - the...

On the west side of the plaza is this neo-classical cathedral, whose strictly-by-the-book columns and cornices look rather incongrous amid all this chaos. The cornerstone for...

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,...

The 'Block of Enlightenment' is a complex of historical buildings occupying an entire city block. The complex has been, inter alia, a Jesuit school and residence, a...

One of the city's finest and most emblematic buildings, this 1923 construction is a neo-Gothic allegorical tribute to the 100 cantos of Dante's Divine Comedy. Hell is on the...