Strongly influenced by European culture, Buenos Aires is sometimes referred to as the "Paris of South America".
Argentine cultural icon Geniol head in vintage advertising poster by Lucien-Achille Mauzan.
Buenos Aires is the site of the Teatro Colón, an internationally-rated opera house. There are several symphony orchestras and choral societies. The city has numerous museums related to history, fine arts, modern arts, decorative arts, popular arts, sacred art, arts and crafts, theatre and popular music, as well as the preserved homes of noted art collectors, writers, composers and artists. The city is home to hundreds of bookstores, public libraries and cultural associations (it is sometimes called "the city of books"), as well as the largest concentration of active theatres in Latin America. It has a world-famous zoo and Botanical Garden, a large number of landscaped parks and squares, as well as churches and places of worship of many denominations, many of which are architecturally noteworthy.
Every April in the city is celebrated the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, it is one of the top-five book fairs in the world, oriented to the literary community as well as to the general public. "La Noche de los Museos" (Night of Museums) also takes place every November. This day most of the museums of the city are opened all night long.
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