Buenos Aires, the multiple heritage
   of the Western World

what remains today if the original “ Big Village ” are parts if the strict foundational grid and the noblest Andalusian influenced pieces that chronologically followed a mud and straw town. The last corner if the Spanish Empire –an impossible port called Trinidad and wayward city called Buenos Aires- arose from an ambiguous tradition that received the contribution of diverse civilian and religious communities. When the baroque movement took over the continent and flourished into a Hispanic-indigenous fusion of cultures, the city was able to abstain from excesses. Drenched I whitewash it remained loyal to is European repertoire, which by this time, it was capable of summarizing and transforming into a language of its own.

In addition, she took full advantage of the surrounding neutral geography to make sure she stood out. The city's modest physiognomy rose up imposingly on the banks of the river, still respected as its one and only privileged partner. When the city became the capital of the Vice Royalty, is simplicity was enhanced by classicism, which would rule over her physiognomy for a number of decades.

Te urban image required by the Independence era was a geometric austerity that reaffirmed the city's neoclassical character. Whether royal or popular, construction vibrated within the rational rhythm of the original checkerboard grid. In time, the city acquired a new autochthonous and monochromatic harmony, a certain calm, detached from the upheavals and turbulent disputes between Unitarios and Federales , two political parties of the time.

Buenos Aires architectural: The Colonial period, Neoclassicism, Italian influence, German and Central European eclecticism, French academicism, neo-romanesque and neo-gothic, British influence, Landscaping, Monumental sculpture, Urbanism, Art Nouveau, Industrial architecture, Colonial revival, Art Déco, Rationalism, Post modernism.