Posts Tagged "gardel"

Tango & Filete

If the emblematic dance of Buenos Aires is tango, then its emblematic art form has to be Filete, and it's therefore no surprise that the two are so closely linked. Both evolved in the late 19th century from working class ...

Carlos Gardel – the Buenos Aires Icon

If you were to ask a visitor to Buenos Aires to name somebody who for them summed the city up, they might answer Evita or maybe Maradona. Both good answers, but if you asked a PorteƱo, you may well hear ...

Tango Icons

OK, so two photos today and not of anyone actually tangoing either but two iconic tango places in Buenos Aires. Carlos Gardel is to Tango what Maradona is to Football. Except more so. And he's dead. The world's greatest ever Tango ...