La Boca, originally uploaded by doraficher.
This photograph was taken in "La Boca" neighborhood during my trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina in June of 2008. La Boca is the oldest, most colorful, and most authentic neighborhood in Buenos Aires. The neighborhood was settled and built by Italian immigrants that worked in the warehouses and meatpacking plants in the area. La Boca is partly an artist colony, and mostly a working-class neighborhood. All the houses in this neighborhood are painted in very bright colors. This is the home to the soccer team "Boca Juniors". The Boca Juniors is one of the biggest soccer teams in Argentina and happens to be one of the clubs that the soccer great Diego Maradona played for. Their stadium, La Bombonera, is not so surprisingly located in the La Boca barrio.
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Gorgeous photo! The colours are so rich. Are you going to paint it?
ReplyDeletestunning colors!
ReplyDeleteWow! Very vibrant colors. It is like looking at some of your work. Would make a great painting even done realistically would be very abstract in looks
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful Buenos Aires!
Dorita, you REALLY need to paint the city. I can see where you get your sense of color.
I adore the photo of the man carrying the very tall flowers on the back of his bicycle. He doesn't look particularly happy but the picture makes me happy. I wish he knew that.
Can't wait to visit B.A. again