Flea Market. Buenos Aires. Antique fair. Used things. Argentina. Subtitled.

Flea Market. Buenos Aires. Antique fair. Used things. Argentina. Subtitled.
There are many versions that respond to the reason for the name. One of the most accepted is that at the end of the 18th century, many people collected at night the odds and ends and clothes that families with greater purchasing power discarded because they were no longer needed. Everything collected was sold in a market, in small stalls and, since it was not a time where hygiene was paramount, it was not surprising that the objects arrived with fleas at the buyer's house.
Another version, also from that time, says that a man looked "from above" at a Parisian bazaar where used and antique objects were sold and, while observing the incessant movement of sellers and buyers, said "this looks like a flea market." .
There are also other stories, such as that the name comes from how small the stalls were in these types of markets and that, in addition, the used objects that were sold used to have fleas because they were not cleaned before selling them, but were exposed as the they had found.
Regardless of their origin, flea markets continue to attract visitors and locals in all cities that have the privilege of having them. One of these cities is Buenos Aires and the most famous flea market in Buenos Aires is the one located in the Colegiales neighborhood of Buenos Aires, between Concepción Arenal, General Martínez, Avenida Dorrego and Avenida Álvarez Thomas streets. In Buenos Aires, argenitna.