Arches
The details!
They don't build them like they used to
A map of the building in which the Tangos were danced back in the twenties
Looking Dandy
Nice hat on one of us
A stairway in Placido Salvo
Saturday, June 17, 2017
A stroll around the plaza of Independence
Along the plaza is the Tango Museum inside the neo-gothic masterpiece Palcido Salvo. I mentioned this building before. It was the tallest building in South America and the third tallest building in the world when it was built in the mid twenties. There is a matching building in Buenos Aires which we will also try to get to see. The Arches and extra architectural highlights were just amazing. The Tango Museum was very small but the story that it told was large. It told the story of a man who had tuberculosis, was in a fever and thought to be near death when he recovered and within his head was the most famous Tango ever written. He was still very weak, and had to ask his sister to write down the music while he whistled the tune that he brought back from the other world. When she realized it was a Tango she was upset because Tangos had a very bad reputation at that time. The museum then went on to tell us the whole story of how Tango became accepted and a worldwide phenomenon. Our guide Francisco was quite delightful and he made it all very personal for us on our two-person tour.
