The Historian · Bautista · Buenos Aires
San Telmo & Plaza Dorrego
This is where the old elite lived until the 1871 yellow fever drove them north. The mansions they abandoned are the barrio you walk today.
The oldest surviving barrio — cobbled Defensa street, colonial houses, and Plaza Dorrego, the city's second-oldest square.
— Bautista, The Historian
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