Travel to the neighborhood where the Revolu …

From the Z journal

A Spanish furniture of the seventeenth century, the bed used by José de San Martín in the miller's house Tejera and a painting by Arcángel Arcabucero are among the colonial antiques that can be seen in the San Telmo district in Buenos Aires. weekend. May 25 celebrations.
The historic center of the city of Buenos Aires was the scene of the Revolution of 1810 which led to the first indigenous government. Because of this, it contains a large amount of objects and accumulates anecdotes that captivate the porteños and tourists who come every weekend.
San Telmo has the largest concentration of antique shops in America and the second largest in the world after France, with 500 antique stores within a radius of one kilometer.

"We are like a gallery of the past that traces the history of Argentina from its palaces, from its grand houses, from the artistic movements reflected in our country, from the architecture to the present day. the interior, going through the art and content, "said Norberto Medrano, president of the Association of Antiquities and Friends of San Telmo.

In the antique shops of the Defensa street and the surrounding area you will find a Spanish furniture of the seventeenth century, where San Martín slept in the miller's house, Tejera, when he armed the army in the Plumerillo, picture of Arcabucero Arcángel's original sculpture top with engraved applications and silver lace and even a hammered and hammered silver kettle of the eighteenth century.
"In general, we all have something from this era: candlesticks, candlesticks, kerosene lamps, fans, pitcher and bowl, as well as furniture, everyday objects and clothing," said Luis Guevara, vice -president of the badociation.
Guevara said that "in general, the pieces of this period are in great demand in the provinces because they are better suited to decorating houses and warehouses".
"Famous all over the world, Creole silverware is a clear example of the richness of Upper Peru, present on Potosí Hill, perhaps a poor and sparsely populated region of Spain." in 1776 we were part of the viceroyalty of Peru, "said Willy Pastrana, acting secretary of the Association of Antiquities and Friends of San Telmo.
The historic center of the city has been the protagonist of the history of the homeland, since the English invasions from 1806 to 1807 and until the events that took place in the act of May 25, 1810 which was held in Avenida de Mayo, House of Viceroy Liniers, the Church of Santo Domingo and the Cabildo, among others.
Many restaurants in the historic district are housed in colonial hotels. This weekend, they will offer typical dishes such as locro, mondongo, lentil stew, carbonada, empanadas and cakes to celebrate the date of the country.
Among them, Quilapán Pulpería, installed in the oldest house of the city built in 1730, before the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata.
The current solar pbadage (Balcarce 1022), which opened to the public as a restaurant 10 years ago, is a restored canteen whose first construction dates back to 1850.
The French solar gallery (Defensa 1066) is a shopping center located in a former mansion of 1762, where the patriot Domingo French was born in 1774.

The first indigenous government marked the beginning of the process of emergence of the Argentine state, which proclaimed its independence six years later, on July 9, 1816.