Teatro Col�n

The Col�n Theater (tel. 54-11-43787344) is the pride of Argentinians because represents its love for culture and history, Located at 621 Libertad Street, is the most important lyric theater in Latin America and is considered as one of the four great opera houses in the world.

Later a building period of 20 years with the participation in the project of the architects Francisco Tamburini, Victor Meano and Julio Dorman, the building, with Italian Renaissance characteristics, was inaugurated in 1908, with the staging of the opera of Giuseppe Verdi, "Aida".

The Theater has hosted and host performances of the most famous artists of all over the world, this magnificent opera house has hosted notable performers including singers like Mar�a Callas, Enrico Caruso, Alfredo Kraus, Beniamino Gigli, Victoria de los Angeles, Lily Pons, the three tenors (Jos� Carreras, Pl�cido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti) among others. It received also dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Anna Pavlova, Julio Bocca, Nureyev, Vaslav Nijinsky, Paloma Herrera, Alicia Alonso. Conductors like Igor Stravinski, Arturo Toscanini, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Zubin Mehta and composers Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Camille Saint-Sa�ns, Manuel de Falla, �stor Piazzolla and others.

But its musical activity comprehend all genres, including the tango. Inside the theater you can see its dome which was painted by the world renowned Argentine artist Ra�l Soldi, you can see also the theatre museum and the Salon Dorado (Golden Room). It is also house of the Ballet School which had famous dancers Julio Bocca, Paloma Herrera, and Maximiliano Guerra as professors.

The place to see in Buenos Aires is the Col�n Theater.

Recoleta Cemetery

Recoleta is a exclusive and elegant neighbourhood, with many attractive places to visit including cafes, restaurants, shops, green areas such as Plaza Alvear and Plaza Francia, historic building like the Col�nial church of Nuestra Se�ora del Pilar, the Buenos Aires Government Exhibition Centre, the Bellas Artes National Museum, the National Library, the Cultural Center and others.

The remarkable place to visit in Recoleta is the Cementerio del Norte (known as La Recoleta Cemetery), compared with the P�re Lachaise Cemetery of Paris, is one of the fundamental places of Buenos Aires.

The Cemetery (tel. +54-11-48031594) located at Jun�n 1790, was founded in 1882, is considered as a historical museum for its wonderful mausoleums, sculptures and tombs of illustrious political figures and Argentine families.

Some important people buried in the Recoleta Cemetery are Nicol�s Avellaneda, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Juan Manuel Fangio, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Arturo Umberto Illia, Luis Angel Firpo, Luis F. Leloir, Leopoldo Lugones, Bartolom� Mitre, Victoria Ocampo, Carlos Pellegrini, Eva Per�n, Honorio Pueyrred�n, Hip�lito Yrigoyen, Dante Quinterno, Domingo Sarmiento, Juan Facundo Quiroga among others. The Crypt of Eva Per�n is largely the most visited.

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