Browse the Plaza Francia craft fair in Recoleta on weekends
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On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, artisans fill Plaza Intendente Alvear, known as Plaza Francia, near the Centro Cultural Recoleta. The fair began in 1970 with a group of hippies and sells original pieces, usually made by the stallholders themselves, in ceramics, leather, wood, metal and wool. Ask who made each piece, since that is the point of the fair, and enjoy the street performers around the square.
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Browse the Plaza Francia craft fair in Recoleta on weekendsPlaza Intendente Alvear, Recoleta, Buenos Aires
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