La Boca is one of the poorer barrios (neighbourhoods) in Buenos Aires. Its location near the port made it a logical place to live for fishermen and dockworkers.
One of the many pieces of art celebrating the shipyard workers that originally populated this neighbourhood.
Their small houses were put together out of spare wood and corrugated metal, and painted with brilliant colours left over from painting the ships.
The ‘fútbol’ stadium home of the Boca Juniors is on the outskirts of this area. It can get very rough at night and even during the day, anyone who ventures out of the touristed area of La Boca usually ends up with a story to tell. The Boca Juniors colours of yellow and blue were taken from a Swedish ship that was in dock the day the team was formed.
A ‘statue’ of Maradona, a star (and later coach) (occasionally known as GOD) of the Boca Juniors team in Buenos Aires.
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You have found some marvelous vibrant colors. WOW!! I like them a lot. 🙂
Especially loved the wonderful building details…Great photography! Judy
Great colors and as Judy says, beautiful details. It must be uplifting to live among these colors.
janet
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The images are not just vibrant in color but of very interesting perspective too 🙂
Perfect for the challenge …
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Thanks so much!
Wonderful gallery of photos.
Congratulations! I always found the Central and Southern American color schemes interesting.
Amazing colours and a colourful story 🙂
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I swear I have photos of many of those same walls and doors! (Like probably thousands of us!)
La Boca is pretty photogenic!
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