More photos from Buenos Aires







banquete de Escipion despues del triunfo, 1660 (banquet of Scipio after the triumph, 1660) by Taller de Everaert Leyniers III, a large mural of 476X694 cm.

A Shipwreck

The Museum of Modern Art

Sin pan y sin trabajo (Without bread and without work) by Ernesto de la Carcova, 1894


The Earth and the Moon by Auguste Rodin


In the Plaza Francia, a leafy square dominated by a statue given by France on the 100th anniversary of independence.

The Agitator by Abraham Regino Vigo, 1926/1933

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