Qualla: Resistencia https://qualla.com/resistencia en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:58 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/n/5/resistencia-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Resistencia https://qualla.com/resistencia Resistencia: Introduction https://qualla.com/resistencia/ Photo credit Pertile, CC BY-SA 4.0. Walk almost any block in downtown Resistencia and you will eventually stop in front of a stranger cast in bronze, stone, or wood. There are more than 600 of them - figures, abstractions, animals, dreams - standing on sidewalks, guarding street corners, watching over plazas. No museum walls contain them. In Resistencia the museum is the city itself, and its nickname says so plainly: la Ciudad de las Esculturas, the City of Sculptures. Few places on Earth have so thoroughly handed their public space over to art.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/n/5/resistencia-wk/6en5-resistencia-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Resistencia: It Started Around a Fire https://qualla.com/resistencia/ Photo credit AMANULOP, CC BY-SA 4.0. The obsession traces back to a single address. In 1943, a transplant from Rosario named Aldo Boglietti founded El Fogón de los Arrieros - "the Drovers' Campfire" - as part club, part museum, part temple of friendship. It became the beating heart of Chaco's cultural life, a gather...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/n/5/resistencia-wk/6en5-resistencia-it-started-around-a-fire.mp3 0:06 2 full Resistencia: The Week the World Carves https://qualla.com/resistencia/ Photo credit Public domain. Every two years the city's quiet accumulation of art erupts into spectacle. The Bienal Internacional de Esculturas, which grew from a wood-carving contest first held in the central plaza in 1988, brings sculptors from around the globe to Resistencia. For one intense week, they wo...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/n/5/resistencia-wk/6en5-resistencia-the-week-the-world-carves.mp3 0:06 3 full Resistencia: Capital of the Chaco https://qualla.com/resistencia/ Photo credit Pertile, CC BY 3.0. Beyond the art, Resistencia is the largest city in Chaco Province and its practical hub - the place travelers pass through to reach the wider region. Buses fan out in every direction, connecting it to Buenos Aires, Rosario, Salta, and across the border to Asunción in Paraguay. It...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/n/5/resistencia-wk/6en5-resistencia-capital-of-the-chaco.mp3 0:06 4 full Resistencia: A Table Worth Finding https://qualla.com/resistencia/ Photo credit Sala88, CC BY-SA 3.0. Like much of the litoral, Resistencia rewards a slow meal. The local table leans on river fish and regional staples, and longtime favorites such as Tres Caracoles have built reputations on dishes that range from rabbit to sweet batata, the local candied sweet potato. The pace of ...

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