A report on Buenos Aires and Asunción

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department

Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.

View of the city of Asunción during the Paraguayan War.

Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.

Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.

Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.

Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.

Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.

Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.

The National Pantheon of Heroes is one of the most significant buildings in Asunción

The Estadio Defensores del Chaco is the largest stadium in Paraguay

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.

The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo

A tram in the city centre in 1986. The tram system closed in the late 1990s.

Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City

The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.

$Downtown Asunción. Being one of the oldest national capitals in the Americas, the Loma San Jerónimo neighborhood is the city's most traditional one.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barrio Loma San Jerónimo, Asunción|url=https://www.bienvenidoaparaguay.com/showdata.php?xmlcity=9&xmldestino=108|website=bienvenidoaparaguay.com.py|publisher=Bienvenido a Paraguay|language=es|date=2022-03-22|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217052915/https://www.bienvenidoaparaguay.com/showdata.php?xmlcity=9&xmldestino=108|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Biografías de Asunción - Loma San Jerónimo|url=https://www.asuncion.gov.py/campanas/biografias-de-asuncion/biografias-de-asuncion-loma-san-jeronimo|website=asuncion.gov.py|publisher=Municipalidad de Asunción|language=es|date=2020-08-13|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217052915/https://www.asuncion.gov.py/campanas/biografias-de-asuncion/biografias-de-asuncion-loma-san-jeronimo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Loma San Jeronimo|url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294080-d4454310-Reviews-Loma_San_Jeronimo-Asuncion.html|website=tripadvisor.com|publisher=Tripadvisor|language=en|date=2022-03-22|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=22 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217052915/https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294080-d4454310-Reviews-Loma_San_Jeronimo-Asuncion.html|url-status=live}}</ref>$

Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires

A picture of Microcentro de Asunción (Old town Asunción), featuring the port of the city, one of the most important in Paraguay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puerto ASU|url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/tag/puerto%20de%20asunci%C3%B3n|website=mopc.gov.py|publisher=Gobierno Nacional (Paraguay)|language=es|date=2022-03-22|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217052915/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/tag/puerto%20de%20asunci%C3%B3n|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Puerto de Asunción, una conexión con nuestra historia|url=https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/el-puerto-de-asuncion-una-conexion-con-nuestra-historia|website=mopc.gov.py|publisher=Gobierno Nacional (Paraguay)|language=es|date=2021-12-07|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217052915/https://www.mopc.gov.py/index.php/noticias/el-puerto-de-asuncion-una-conexion-con-nuestra-historia|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.

Asunción, seen from the International Space Station

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.

Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.

Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo

The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.

Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.

The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.

Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.

A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI

A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.

University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta

A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station

Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network

200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay

Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline

La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.

From Asunción, Spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, that of other important cities such as Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and 65 more.

- Asunción

A second (and permanent) settlement was established in 1580 by Juan de Garay, who sailed down the Paraná River from Asunción (now the capital of Paraguay).

- Buenos Aires

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Köppen climate classification

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One of the most widely used climate classification systems.

Asunción, Paraguay (Cfa, bordering on Aw)

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Cfa)

Montevideo

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Capital and largest city of Uruguay.

Cerro de Montevideo as seen from the city, in 1865.

17th century map of the Río de la Plata basin

"Monte Video from the Anchorage outside the Harbour" by Emeric Essex Vidal (1820). The earliest securely dated picture of the city.

Map of Montevideo during the Guerra Grande (1843–1851).

Map of Uruguay showing Montevideo on the Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil

Pocitos is the most populous Montevideo neighborhood.

Obelisk of Montevideo in the Parque Batlle

Palacio Municipal, headquarters of the Intendencia.

Uruguayan officials conversing at a meeting at the Palacio Taranco, 6 November 2010

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Montevideo to Argentina

Kindergarten kids at a public school in Montevideo

A laundress girl in a school play in Montevideo

Between 1680 and 1683, Portugal founded the city of Colonia do Sacramento in the region across the bay from Buenos Aires.

Asunción, Paraguay

Lima

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Capital and the largest city of Peru.

"The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Peru" created in 1590 by Guamán Poma and Martín de Murúa. (J. Paul Getty Museum).

The colonial Lima's coat of arms official since 7 December 1537.

Pachacámac, built 3,000 years ago, was one of the most important pre-Columbian centres of pilgrimage on the Peruvian Coast.

"The City of the Kings of Lima, royal high court, principal city of the kingdom of the Indies, residence of the viceroy, and archbishopric of the church", painting of 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark.

Renaissance Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, built between 1602 and 1797.

Baroque Basilica of San Francisco, built between 1657 and 1672.

José de San Martín during the Declaration of Independence of Peru in the Plaza Mayor de Lima, on July 28, 1821.

Lima as seen from the International Space Station

Market in the Plaza of the Inquisition (Lima) by Johann Moritz Rugendas, ca. 1843.

Pueblos jóvenes on the outskirts of Lima in 2015. Today, many of them are consolidated.

The Catacombs of the Basilica of San Francisco was the Old cemetery of the city during all the colonial times, until 1810. It contain bones of some 70,000 colonial people.

Huaca Pucllana, pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the district of Miraflores.

The Rococo Casa de Osambela completed in 1805.

Balconies were a common colonial architectural feature in the historic center. In the image the Palacio de Torre Tagle completed in 1735.

Rococo Basilica of Santo Domingo, built between 1678 and 1766. It holds the tombs of the saints Rose of Lima, Martín de Porres and John Macias.

Northern Lima
Southern Lima
Eastern Lima

Colonial Casona and Chapel of the National University of San Marcos, it is the second oldest university in the Americas.

Edificio Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education), San Borja.

Sistema Integrado de Transporte Bus System in Arequipa Avenue (Route 301)

Francisco Pizarro and Diego Almagro portrayed in 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark. <ref>{{cite book|url=http://www5.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/44/en/text/?open=idm46287306358272|title=Nueva corónica y buen gobierno|page=17|year=1615|author=Guamán Poma|website=Royal Library, Denmark website}}</ref>

Captain Luis de Ávalos de Ayala kills Manco Inca Yupanqui in the conquest of Lima. Chronicle made in 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark. <ref>{{cite book|url=http://www5.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/394/en/text/?open=idm46287306144304|title=Nueva corónica y buen gobierno|page=157|author=Guamán Poma|year=1615|website=Royal Library, Denmark website}}</ref>

View of Lima and the Tapada limeña (a colonial women fashion) in a painting of 1842 by d'Orbigny and Benoît. Museum of the Americas, Spain. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://bvpb.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.do?id=469709|website=Virtual Library of Bibliographic Heritage (Spain) site|title=Viaje pintoresco a las dos Américas, Asia y África : resúmen jeneral de todos los viajes y descubrimientos de... (1842)|series=Viaje pintoresco alrededor del mundo, a las dos Américas, Asia y Africa,4-6|year=1842|publisher=Imprenta y libreria de Juan Oliveres}}</ref>

Lima as seem from the Rímac District, painting of 1850 by Batta Molinelli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2010/04/09/la-flora-de-lima-introduccion/|title=La flora de Lima: introducción|date=9 April 2010|author=Juan Luis Orrego Penagos|publisher=Pontifical Catholic University of Peru}}</ref>

Colonial Calle de los Judíos (Jewish quarter) (Lima) in 1866 by Manuel A. Fuentes and Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co. University of Chicago Library.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhpEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lima+or+Sketches+of+the+Capital+of+Peru%2C+Historical%2C+Statistical%2C+Administrative%2C+Commercial+and+Moral+Paris%3A+Firmin+Didot%2C+Brothers%2C+Son&pg=PP13|title=Lima or Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statistical, Administrative, Commercial and Moral|author1=Manuel A. Fuentes|author2=Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co.|year=1866|location=University of Chicago Library}}</ref>

Colonial Calles de la Oca and de Bodegones (Lima) in 1866 by Manuel A. Fuentes and Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co. University of Chicago Library.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhpEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lima+or+Sketches+of+the+Capital+of+Peru%2C+Historical%2C+Statistical%2C+Administrative%2C+Commercial+and+Moral+Paris%3A+Firmin+Didot%2C+Brothers%2C+Son&pg=PP13|title=Lima or Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statistical, Administrative, Commercial and Moral|author1=Manuel A. Fuentes|author2=Firmin Didot, Brothers, Sons & Co.|year=1866|location=University of Chicago Library}}</ref>

Puente de Piedra Bridge, the former Arco del Puente Gate and the Walls of Lima in 1878 by El Viajero Ilustrado. Old Fund of the University of Seville.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puente De Piedra, Lima|website=Old Fund of the University of Seville|url=https://www.flickr.com/people/37667416@N04}}</ref>

The Museo de la Nación houses thousands of artifacts spanning the entire span of human occupation in Peru.

Museum of Italian Art It's the only European arts museum in Peru, under the administration of the National Culture Institute.

Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art that is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid.

National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru is the largest and oldest museum in Peru.

Plaza de toros de Acho, the plaza is classified as a national historic monument. It is the oldest bullring in the Americas.

Estadio Nacional of Peru Its current capacity is 40,000 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation.

Estadio Monumental "U" It is the highest capacity soccer stadium in South America and one of the largest in the world.

Campo de Marte is one of the largest parks in the metropolitan area of Lima.

The 1687 earthquake marked a turning point in the history of Lima, since it coincided with a recession in trade due to economic competition with other cities such as Buenos Aires.

Asunción, Paraguay

Brasília

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Federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District.

The foundation stone of Brasilia, Hill of the Centenary, erected in the year of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence in 1922

Urban planner Lúcio Costa was the winner of the competition for the construction project of Brasília and played a key role in the city's landmarking.

Brasília in 1958. Only Asa Sul is already leased, and Ministries Esplanade is also visible.

Construction of the Ministries Esplanade in 1959

Buriti Palace, Seat of Government of the Federal District

Legislative Chamber of the Federal District building

Brazilian Flag and the National Congress in spring

Aerial view of South Wing (Asa Sul) district

Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Plaza)

Institute of Biological Sciences (IB) of the University of Brasilia

Asunción, Paraguay

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina (since 2002)

São Paulo

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City in the Southeast Region of Brazil.

Founding of São Paulo, 1913 painting by Antonio Parreiras

Courtyard of the College, Pátio do Colégio, in the Historic Center of São Paulo. At this location, the city was founded in 1554. The current building is a reconstruction made in the late 20th century, based on the Jesuit college and church that were erected at the site in 1653

The Monument to the Bandeiras commemorates the 17th-century bandeiras

Domingos Jorge Velho, a notable bandeirante

Group of aviators from São Paulo at Campo de Marte Airport during the Constitutionalist Revolution

Heavy rain and lightning in São Paulo, which has the largest number of lightning incidents amongst Brazilian state capitals

Italian immigrants in the Immigrant Inn, c. 1890

Italian restaurant at Bela Vista district

Arab immigrants in the city of São Paulo, 1940s

The Liberdade district is a Japantown of São Paulo

Training of soldiers of the Military Police of São Paulo State at the Military Police Academy of Barro Branco

Slum (favela) of Paraisópolis, in the district of Vila Andrade, with residential buildings in the background

The 18th edition of the São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in 2014

Matarazzo Building, the São Paulo city hall

Bandeirantes Palace, the seat of state government

Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge aside of Centro Empresarial Nações Unidas

Martinelli Building was the first skyscraper of Latin America and the tallest until 1947

Changes in urban fabrics in the region of Jardins: side by side, vertical areas and low houses

The city view from Altino Arantes Building

Helicopter taking off from the São Paulo City Hall

Sala São Paulo, the home of the São Paulo State Symphony

Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo

Globo São Paulo headquarters (left) and the Sede do BankBoston building at Marginal Pinheiros highway

Kimi Räikkönen in the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

Monument to Independence in Independence Park, located at the place where then-Prince Pedro proclaimed the independence of Brazil

Formula One São Paulo Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos

Cathedral Square of São Paulo in 1880, during the reign of Emperor Pedro II by Marc Ferrez

Jaraguá Peak is the highest point in the city, at 1135 m

Satellite view of Greater São Paulo at night

Ultraje a Rigor band playing at Rio de Janeiro

Headquarters of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo on the Marginal Tietê

Asunción, Paraguay

According to a study by MasterCard in 130 cities around the world, São Paulo was the third most visited destination in Latin America (behind Mexico City and Buenos Aires) with 2.4 million foreign travelers, who spent US$2.9 billion in 2013 (the highest among the cities in the region).

La Plata

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Capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Casa de Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Banco Provincia headquarters in La Plata.

Evolution of the population of La Plata from 1960 to 2001.

Number 19 School Gral. José de San Martín.

View of the City of La Plata and Plaza Moreno from the cathedral.

View of the Plaza Moreno and the cathedral.

Juzgados Federales de La Plata (ex Hotel Provincial).

Map of the Autódromo Roberto José Mouras track

Pasaje Dardo Rocha Building, named in honor of the city's founder.

Former building of the Teatro Argentino (burnt and demolished in 1977).

Curutchet House, World Heritage Site in La Plata

The city and vicinity at 8:19 PM locally on July 4, 2022, taken from the International Space Station.

La Plata was planned and developed to serve as the provincial capital after the city of Buenos Aires was federalized in 1880.

🇵🇾 Paraguay, Asunción, 1993

Madrid

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Capital and most populous city of Spain.

A section of the Muslim Walls of Madrid. For a list of all the walls, see: Walls of Madrid.

View of Madrid from the west, facing the Puerta de la Vega. Drawing by Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1562

Baths in the Manzanares in the place of Molino Quemado (detail), by Félix Castello (c. 1634–1637)

View of Calle de Alcalá in 1750 by Antonio Joli

The Second of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya

People seeking refuge in the metro during the unsuccessful Francoist bombings (1936–1937) over Madrid during the Spanish Civil War

2011 Anti-austerity protests in the Puerta del Sol

Madrid as seen by the Sentinel-2 satellite in October 2020

Municipal police agents from the 2018 promotion

Royal Palace of Madrid built in the 18th century.

The Temple of Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple dismantled and rebuilt in the Parque del Oeste.

The Campo del Moro gardens near the Royal Palace

The Manzanares flowing through the Monte de El Pardo.

Mount of El Pardo and Soto de Viñuelas inside the city of Madrid

Mercamadrid facilities in South-Eastern Madrid

Building works of Caleido in August 2018

Madrid de los Austrias. It is the part of Madrid with the most buildings of the Habsburg-period.

Set of La 1's newscast services, Telediario.

Las Meninas, by Diego de Velázquez, 1656 (Prado Museum)

The Lady of Elche, an iconic item exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum

Facsimile of the Madrid Codex exhibited at the Museum of the Americas

Chalcography for an edition of Francisco de Quevedo's El Parnaso Español (1648)

Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós, by Joaquín Sorolla, 1894

Interior of the National Library of Spain

Festivities of San Isidro Labrador in the pradera, 2007.

High heels race in WorldPride Madrid 2017

People in costumes during the proclamation (pregón) of the 2013 Carnival

The Madrid Derby at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final at the Palacio de Deportes

2009 Madrid Open Women's Final at the Caja Mágica

The rectorate of the Complutense University of Madrid

School of Mines, Technical University of Madrid

The M-607 meets the M-30 north of the municipality.

The network of high capacity roads in Spain features its most important node in Madrid.

AVE rolling stock at the Madrid Atocha station

Interior of the terminal 4 (T4) of the Madrid–Barajas Airport.

Asunción, Paraguay

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rosario, Santa Fe

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Largest city in the central Argentina province of Santa Fe.

Map of the city of Rosario c. undefined 1877

Rosario's old Customs Office, on Belgrano Avenue

National Flag Memorial, downtown Rosario

Parroquia del Perpetuo Socorro, a church at Lisandro de la Torre district

Bolsa de Comercio Rosario: The Rosario Stock Exchange

Wood chips carrier Racer on the Paraná River, just coming under the Rosario-Victoria Bridge

The Propylaeum (column gallery) of the National Argentine Flag Memorial

Diagram of the Municipal Districts of Rosario, Centre District, North District, Northwest District, West District, Southwest District and South District

Villa Hortensia, the seat of the North District

Seat of the Center District, at the former Rosario Central railway station

Night view of the luxury Dolfines Guaraní Towers, May 2010

Front entrance and clock tower of the Mariano Moreno Bus Terminal in Rosario

The city had a tramway network until 1963.

Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA) freight railway yards

Rosario Sur Station, refurbished to run inter-city services on the General Mitre Railway

The Center Municipal District (former Rosario Central station)

Tram tracks are still visible in parts of the city

National University of Rosario Law School

Participants carry the national colors on Flag Day (June 20).

Rosario metropolitan area in the Province of Santa Fe

Hipólito Yrigoyen on a train during an electoral campaign (1926)

Inauguration of the National Flag Memorial (1957)

The city is located 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River.

The transportation facility serves 73 bus companies in short, medium, and long-distance travel, carrying 1,100.000 passengers per month to 784 national and international destinations, which comprise most major domestic cities including Puerto Iguazú, Salta and Bariloche and international destinations such as Asunción, Paraguay, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay, destinations may be long but white-clad chauffeurs handle comfortable long-distance coaches with modern conveniences.