At the heart of La Boca
A visit to the popular quarter: The Proa Foundation, the colorful Caminito passage, Museo Quinquela Martín, along the Riachuelo to the old Bridge.
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In the second half of the 19th century, numerous Italian immigrants settled here, because of the working possibilities offered by the port. They constructed their houses out of wood planks and corrugated iron, and used the remnants of paint from the shipyards to protect and color the walls.
Following the initiative of the artist Quinquela Martín and that of other neighbors, in order to recuperate a dirty and desolated passage and convert it into a lively and colorful street, "Caminito" was created as a "Museum Street" in the 1950s.
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Caminito
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A visit to the popular quarter: The Proa Foundation, the colorful Caminito passage, Museo Quinquela Martín, along the Riachuelo to the old Bridge.