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443:
289:Café Tortoni
260:Buenos Aires
142:
138:La dama boba
136:
133:Lope de Vega
130:
114:Alfonso XIII
105:opera houses
97:Teatro Odeón
90:
54:
41:Buenos Aires
36:
34:
1528: /
1516:58°23′1.7″W
1389:and avenues
1318:Abasto Mall
1108:Planetarium
1028:Cine Cosmos
950:Lezama Park
854:City Centre
775:Plaza Hotel
730:May Pyramid
653:Casa Rosada
506:La Trochita
369:Museo Mitre
304:Casa Rosada
61:opera house
55:Located on
1543:Categories
1513:34°35′56″S
1103:Paz Palace
864:Montserrat
859:Colegiales
637:Public and
515:Entre Ríos
485:Tigre Club
118:stagecraft
1253:Transport
894:San Telmo
849:Caballito
796:Sarmiento
663:City Hall
329:Ecoparque
309:Cathedral
178:) led to
168:Lito Cruz
163:chanteuse
73:gold leaf
45:Argentina
1426:Caminito
1290:Premetro
1280:MetroBus
1004:Cultural
884:Recoleta
839:Belgrano
811:Corvette
750:Obelisco
577:Category
531:Santa Fe
379:Obelisco
354:La Rural
51:Overview
1387:Streets
874:Palermo
834:Almagro
809:Uruguay
798:Frigate
648:Cabildo
587:Commons
552:Tucumán
284:Cabildo
186:Gallery
176:theatre
79:History
75:decor.
1169:CeNARD
889:Retiro
499:Chubut
63:, the
1152:Sport
869:Núñez
110:Spain
174:and
35:The
688:CCK
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