Anna Temkin

Heritage Historically, in the mid-19th century, immigrants poured into Argentina from Spain, Italy, Germany and Eastern Europe. As a consequence, BA’s population grew more than sevenfold from 1869 to 1895. Today it is, astoundingly, home to a third of the country’s population. European influences are visible in many aspects of BA – from the architecture, to the restaurants, to the museums that testify how the city came to be such a melting pot.

Before the Battle of Agincourt, Henry V stayed at the Bishop’s Palace in Bishop’s Waltham, a small medieval town about 12 miles southeast of Winchester. In the 16th century the palace was often visited by Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and Cardinal Wolsey. It was also where Queen Mary I waited for King Philip of Spain to arrive for their wedding at Winchester Cathedral. The palace was built in the 12th century by Bishop Henry de Blois, the grandson of William the Conqueror.

Some of Evelyn Waugh’s most famous works, including Brideshead Revisited, were written in Piers Court. The Georgian mansion near Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, was given to Waugh in 1937 by the family of his second wife, Laura, and the couple lived there until 1956.