El Ateneo

Buenos Aires


Branch of Buenos Aires’ landmark bookseller, which stocks a limited number of books in English.


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1. Museo Mitre

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2. Museo de la Policía Federal

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5. Catedral Metropolitana

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7. Iglesia Santa Catalina

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8. Galerías Pacífico

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