|Famous sites of Argentina |What to see |
|–|–|
|**Barrio de San Telmo** |Plaza Doreggo, San Telmo market, museums |
|**Las pampas** |see animals and enjoy the scenery, visit ranches and gauchos |
|**Plaza de la República** |The Obelisk, 9th of July Avenue |
|**Mar del Plata** |visit the aquarium, museums, casinos, beaches, reserve of sea lions |

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Because of its European architecture, Buenos Aires is called **Paris of the Americas.**

The widest avenue in the world is **the 9th of July Avenue (Avenida 9 de Julio).**

**Gauchos** are considered to be cultural icons of Argentina.

Lunfardo is Argentinian slang that developed in the suburbs and among the lower classes of Argentinians, more precisely among criminals who did not want the prison guards to understand them.

Some lunfardo words are based on vesre (reves), which means to pronounce the word with reversed syllables. Other words come from Italian and are adjusted to fit lunfardo.

Examples:
– chochamu – *young man* (vesre for *muchacho*)
– mina – *chick* (from the Italian *femmina*)
– gomías – *friends* (vesre for *amigos*)
– chamuyar – *to sweet talk, to chat flirtatiously, to lie* (from Spanish gypsy verb *caló*, which means to conversate)