Parks · Our pick in Buenos Aires
Parque Lezama
Where the city may have begun
A San Telmo park on the bluff, once one of the city’s grandest private gardens.
Photo Credit
In the area: Rose beds in flower at the Rosedal de Palermo, with jacarandas beyond. Image courtesy of © Roberto Fiadone · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Parque Lezama
Parque Lezama, at Paseo Colón and Brasil, is where some historians place the first founding of the city in 1536. Gregorio Lezama bought the land in 1857 and filled it with exotic trees; his widow sold it to the city in 1894 on condition that it became a public park in his name. Today it has statues, an amphitheatre, a viewpoint and a fountain, the Museo Histórico Nacional in Lezama’s old house, and the blue domes of the Russian Orthodox church across the street.
Our take
- Historic garden
- National history museum
- Russian church opposite
- Address
- Av. Paseo Colón and Av. Brasil, Buenos Aires
San Telmo, Buenos Aires - Website
- turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Parque Lezama before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
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