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San Telmo

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old neighborhood in Buenos Aires, south of the Plaza de Mayo

Fishburn and Hughes: "One of the oldest districts of colonial Buenos Aires, founded by the Jesuits in the early eighteenth century. San Telmo has several fine buildings but is now considered a rough district. During the British invasions of 1806 and 1807 it was the centre of fierce resistance; its fighting spirit is illustrated in the popular song: Soy del barrio de San Telmo / donde llueve y no gotea / a mí no me asustan bultos / ni grupos que se menean ('I come from San Telmo, where it rains and does not drizzle. I am not frightened by bullies nor by gangs which move around'). This song would give an ironic twist to the last sentence of the story, 'Rosendo's Tale'." (174)