Top 10 Amazing Facts About Argentina
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1 Cuisine of Argentina Argentina is renowned for flavorful fresh and fiery dishes and world-class wines for optimal pairing asado style beef is a local Argentine favorite cooked similarly to common barbecue and served with chimichurri sauce made from parsley garlic oregano olive oil and red or white wine vinegar what goes best with asado beef you ask well that's a no-brainer iconic Malbec from the city of Mendoza pairs perfectly with the South American barbecue feast Argentina's cuisine was heavily influenced by the Mediterranean and you can expect plenty of pizza and pasta on offer in the capital city of Buenos Aires.
2 Famous Argentines Argentina is the birthplace of a fair number of famous people some you may even recognize like TV actors Martina stossel and Sebastian truly top stars Sebastian Olshansky and former Victoria's Secret Angel in esri borough Argentina also has a host of charismatic and awesome youtubers such as Julian Serrano trows Rancic and Alejo a Goya local sports stars include Leonel Messi and Diego Maradona who was responsible for the infamous hand of God handball controversy inventors and inventions include chorinho Christiani who was responsible for developing the world's first two animated feature films l'idée so Jose Pedro who invented the ballpoint pen in 1931 and Dibango Liotta a heart surgeon pioneer who created the first total artificial heart that was successfully used in a human being.
3 Argentine and sports the most popular sport in Argentina is football thanks in part to their two-time champion national team which took the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 River Plate is currently the highest-ranking football club and no desert Argentina is complete without a trip to see one of the country's teams play Argentina's national sport is a 17th century creation known as Pato or duck where two teams on horseback by for possession of a ball with six equidistant handles the original version of the game was played with a live duck inside a sack rather than a ball but of course that was outlawed years ago other popular argentinian sports include basketball polo rugby and golf.
4 Argentina's traditional dance when Argentines aren't playing or watching sports you'll probably find them dancing tango is the traditional dance of Argentina and originated in the 1880s along the border with ordered way this passionate dance started to spread from the suburbs to working class districts which were packed with European immigrants the dance soon became fashionable and the craze made it as far as Paris London and Berlin by the early 20th century tango is such an integral part of Argentinian culture in history that in 2009 it was added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list.
5 Argentina's sights to see there are 30 incredible national parks around Argentina and visitors are spoiled for choice with so many bucket lists worthy sights loved by adventurers and photographers alike Patagonia is a truly unique experience this breathtaking region boasts jagged peaks and fast landscapes that need to be seen to be believed below Patagonia is a Shia which is widely considered the southernmost city in the world and is commonly used as the starting point for trips to Antarctica one sight not to be missed is ewaz who falls situated on the border with Brazil measuring taller than Niagara Falls and almost twice as wide the Falls stream across the Parana plateau and divides it several locations with half of the Falls emptying into the Devil's Throat.
6 Festivals of Argentina Argentina has an exciting calendar of the estus and celebrations throughout the year including what's considered to be the biggest tango festival in the world many of Argentina's national holidays center on their history and heritage such as day of the flag Independence Day the anniversary of the first national government and the national festival of folklore Argentines also seem to really value their friends to the point where they celebrated annually on the 20th of July each year Argentine celebrate friendship with a holiday that in 2005 proved its popularity when it crashed mobile networks.
7 The origins of Argentina the name Argentina has its origins firmly rooted in myth and adventure European explorer Juan Diaz filiz originally gave a name to Rio de la Plata for silver River in the early 16th century before being attacked and killed by indigenous people having survived the ordeal Alexa Garcia ventured inland and heard tales of a white king in a country rich with silver these taels of silver stretched throughout time and in 1554 Portuguese cartographer local ho main made reference to Terra Argentia within 50 years poet Martin del barco Symphony era mentioned Argentina in la Argentina.
8 Wildlife in Argentina boasting one of the world's largest biodiversity there are over 1,000 bird species alone in this ecologically rich land in the subtropical north you'll find Jaguars crocodiles and howler monkeys and if you head into the central grassland you might see giant anteaters maned wolves and armadillos the western mountain region is home to the andean condor which is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurements of weight and wingspan venture south to the coast of Patagonia and maybe you'll discover elephant seals penguins and maybe even orca whales coming to feed on South American sea lions.
9 The shaping of modern Argentina before its independence modern-day Argentina was part of a Spanish created Viceroyalty of the rio de la plata of which Buenos Aires was the capital the Spanish monarchy ruled and rivalries were fierce between Spanish people from Europe known as peninsulares and American people known as Creoles and team ten the may Revolution took place and signaled the beginning of the Argentine war of independence during the years that followed violent conflicts raged on between Royalists and those fighting for independence until finally on 9th July 1816 the Independence of the United Provinces of the Plata was declared and the Rio de la Plata was eventually dissolved.
10 Argentina's World Records a country as large as Argentina is bound to have its fair share of wacky world records and it sure doesn't disappoint 2017 saw a new record for most people floating in water while holding hands and incredible 1941 and in 2015 the greatest distance between people singing a duet was achieved by Andres Evans in Argentina and Jean Cote in Wales Argentina is also home to the world record for most hair dyed in an eight-hour relay with 160 volunteers having their hair colored by a total of 50 hairdressers back in 2013.
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