Hi Local Guides from all around the world. It’s good to make another post and share it with you
This time I would like to tell you about my visit to El Zanjon where we could walk through mysterious tunnels under the neighborhood of San Telmo in Buenos Aires City.
The house belonged to a very rich family. Later on they had to sell it because of an epidemic of yellow fever, caused by pollution in the water. They moved to Recoleta neighborhood and their house became a “Conventillo”. Conventillos were places where immigrants used to live as they were a cheap option. There were people from very different nationalities, which meant different traditions. Sometimes families from 7 people or more lived in the same room. And all the place only had two toilets and one kitchen!
Many years later the conventillo was practically destroyed. Take a look at the walls:
A european man bought the place with the idea of building a restaurant but as he was digging holes to make all the installations he found an underground river and houses around it. So that’s how EL ZANJÓN became a thing.
Take a look at this 360 picture I took there! That’s what you see when you go downstairs
The place is really amazing, as it means that there were people living underground and around a river. Unfortunately taking pictures in the river part was not allowed, but the smell of humidity was amazing, taking into account that we were standing 10 cm over the “napas” (underground water). I could take pictures of some archeological rests that belonged to the families who lived there:
Now, as everything has been refurbished to be a museum, there are some pictures and old paintings of the time, showing how everything was. Here’s another picture:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this post as much as I’ve enjoyed my visit to El Zanjón. If you ever visit Buenos Aires, I would recommend you to go there! The visit lasts about an hour and it’s worth it
Hi Local Guides from all around the world. It’s good to make another post and share it with you
This time I would like to tell you about my visit to El Zanjon with @santiagoirale , where we could walk through mysterious tunnels under the neighborhood of San Telmo in Buenos Aires City.
Hi Local Guides from all around the world. It’s good to make another post and share it with you
This time I would like to tell you about my visit to El Zanjon with @santiagoirale , where we could walk through mysterious tunnels under the neighborhood of San Telmo in Buenos Aires City.
Well @HelloSamsonR , in the post I’ve only written what i remember the touristic guide said. But here’s an article shared by @YK1001 in this post that is really interesting. The story behind this place is really amazing
Thanks for this wonderful Recap of your visit.Buenos Aires City is in my wish list now. Underground river in El Zanjon is much welcoming to me. The beautiful photos which you have shared is just amazing and I enjoyed the 360 too. I thank @santiagoirale for joining in… :-))))
Thank you very much for your nice words @SalmaanN !! I hope to meet you in Buenos Aires one day
SalmaanN ha escrito:
Hi @ValeriaAumasque.
Thanks for this wonderful Recap of your visit. Buenos Aires City is in my wish list now. Underground river in El Zanjon is much welcoming to me. The beautiful photos which you have shared is just amazing and I enjoyed the 360 too. I thank @santiagoirale for joining in… :-))))
Muy buen post @ValeriaA felicitaciones. Como habia dicho antes, lo visité hace muchos años y en aquel momento se podía ingresar a una parte de los tuneles. Hoy parece que lo conservan mejor.
Gracias @MaxWalsh ! Sí, hasta había una parte que estaba en refacción. Se veía cómo el agua de las napas se filtraba por el suelo, fue una experiencia genial
MaxWalsh ha escrito:
Muy buen post @ValeriaAumasque felicitaciones. Como habia dicho antes, lo visité hace muchos años y en aquel momento se podía ingresar a una parte de los tuneles. Hoy parece que lo conservan mejor.
It was a great day, visiting “El Zanjon” and the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve.
It was very easy to get there. We actually parked like half a block away from the place. We also only had to wait like 1 minute before the tour began. They also offer an English spoken tour every 15 minutes.
Inside was amazing, it was literally a trip into the foundations of the city and it’s history.
As always I’m very happy to be a part of @ValeriaA 's adventures hahaha.
As requested here are some photos of the place.
Hope you guys enjoy it and wind up visiting us someday.
