With the arrival of February, the Carnival long weekend approaches. It will last four days from Saturday the 18th to Tuesday the 21st inclusive. That is why, for all those people who decide to spend it in Buenos Airesis an opportunity to take advantage of the holidays feeding on the porteño culture.
From enormous old mansions with picturesque gardens to houses with heritage value and neocolonial collections, these are five options to visit in CABA next long weekend.
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Larreta Museum
It was the residence of the Argentine writer Enrique Larreta and, following his death in 1961, the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires bought the property to allocate it to a Spanish Art Museum. Finally, it opened its doors on October 12, 1962.
Built in 1886, the house had a front inspired by the model of the “Italian Renaissance”, while the interior, with open patios, responded to that of a Mediterranean country house. Around 1916 Larreta implemented a series of changes, such as white walls and barred windows, to recreate the spirit of the “Spanish renaissance”.
In 2017, the Museum valued its artistic and architectural heritage through the revaluation program carried out by the General Directorate of Heritage, Museums and Historical Center of the City of Buenos Aires, allowing the restoration of different points of the house.
One of the biggest attractions of the place is the Andalusian garden of 5000 m2 which is abroad. A labyrinthine green space created by Larreta, which for more than twenty years became a space for contemporary art with a cycle of sculpture exhibitions in the garden.
The residence is located in the center of the neighborhood of belgrano (Avenida Juramento 2291) and is open to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, such as Carnival, from 11 am to 8 pm. The admission is $100 and $500 for non-resident aliens. Two facts to highlight is that it does not open on Tuesdays and on Wednesdays it has free admission.
Christmas Palace
The Palacio Noel and its collections are considered to be of Hispanic American Neocolonial. It was built by the architect Martín Noel, who designed the house for him and his brother, and since 1947 it has been the headquarters of the Isaac Fernandez Blanco Museum.
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Located in the Retirement area, at Suipacha 1422, the palace has three levels where the composition derives from eighteenth-century French architecture. The neocolonial aspect of the building is given by the decorations applied to the walls and inspired by the Spanish-American repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Reservoir dedicated to the history and art of the period, the museum has 15 Viceroyalty collection rooms permanent where you can find objects such as silverware; painting from the Cuzco, Potosi, Mexican and Argentine schools; religious images; Baroque furniture, civil and religious clothing, Spanish ceramics, jewelry, among others.
The Palacio Noel was bought by the Municipality Buenos Aires in 1936, together with a large part of his art collection, to found the Colonial Museum, later called Fernández Blanco. Like the Larreta house, it has a picturesque Andalusian garden, which was restored and opened to the public in 2019.
The space is open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 11 am to 8 pm. The admission is $100 and $500 for non-resident aliens. In addition, retired people, university students presenting accreditation, people with disabilities plus a companion, children under 12 and groups of public school students, enter free of charge.
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Brigadier Cornelio de Saavedra Museum
The Cornelio de Saavedra Historical Museum was founded on October 6, 1921 and its current location is the farm house that belonged to Luis María SaavedraCornelio’s nephew, built between 1870 and 1880. It has a “U” shaped plan, roof terraces and a portico with tie lines on its façade.
In 1941, the mayor of the City of Buenos Aires entrusted him with the conditioning of the building to the architect Manuel Augusto Domínguez, a specialist in colonial architecture, who decided to adapt it to the style of the country houses surrounding Buenos Aires in the first half of the 19th century.
These parts included the mutilation of part of the farm house, while the decoration and interior arrangements were made by the wife of the mayor and great-granddaughter of General Cornelio Saavedra, Silvia Saavedra Lamas de Pueyrredón. Finally, it reopened its doors on May 25, 1942.
Currently, the space has ten rooms that cover different historical periods of the City of Buenos Aires from its founding until 1912, when Ricardo Zemborain donated his collections by testamentary will to give rise to the first historical museum of the City. In addition, it has more than 23,000 objects that allow a comprehensive approach to Argentine history.
Located at Avenida Crisólogo Larralde 6309, the house has gardens where several cannons are exhibited. It is also surrounded by saavedra parkwhich previously belonged to the farm, with historical and notable trees.
Like the previous two museums, the building is open from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., except Tuesdays, and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.. Admission is $100 and is free on Wednesdays.
Carlos Gardel House Museum
Inaugurated on March 4, 2003 at 735 rue Jean Jaurès, the museum shows what was the house where Carlos Gardel he lived with his mother, Doña Berta Gardès, since 1927. At that time the artist bought it from its previous owner and, thanks to the conservation of the original plans, it is known that the construction was very different from the current one.
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After going through several owners, in 1996 the company Proden SA bought the property with the intention of donating it to the Buenos aires city. This was done in the year 2000, to open its doors three years later. The criterion that was then adopted for the work was that of a scenic recreation that suggests the life of the singer in a simple house of those years.
It was not a question of a faithful reconstruction, which would have demanded a much greater economic resource, but of a free and poetic settingusing for the same demolition materials for floors and carpentry, furniture and period objects, and preserving the original space of the kitchen.
the house exposes four permanent rooms and one dedicated to temporary exhibitions, which give an account of the life of the man who invented the tango-song. The copy of his birth certificate, the portrait of his parents, the possibility of listening to his complete work and seeing the latest images of him while he was alive are some of the attractions that can be seen in the house .
Like many of the City’s museums, Gardel’s house opens its doors on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.. Admission is $100 and $500 for non-resident foreigners.
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Cavia house
This house is different from all the others since instead of being a museum, it is one of the most picturesque corners of the City to enjoy a delicious meal. Built in 1927 by the Norwegian architect and artist Alejandro Christophersen, Casa Cavia is located in the neighborhood of Chico Palermoon Cavia street at 2900.
The history of the house dates back to the 1920s, when a man from an upper-class family commissioned the prestigious Norwegian artist for the residence as a gift for his wife. The architect projected a bare and austere image in the mansion, representative of the eclectic historicist style.
A century later, following its owner died in 2011, the city government decided to protect the house, granting it great heritage value due to its quality in style, composition, materials and typological coherence.
Currently, along with the house, you can find a garden with a fountain and a gallery around it, a large bar and flower shop, three medium-sized dining rooms, and a window overlooking the street and the square. The place was turned into a relaxation space together with a restaurant that offers a diverse variety of dishes, desserts and coffees.
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