Church sights in Buenos Aires
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Basílica de Santísimo Sacramento
Near the corner of Florida and Santa Fe is the Basílica de Santísimo Sacramento, a French-style church built by the Anchorena family in 1916.
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Iglesia Santa Catalina
Buenos Aires’ first convent, Santa Catalina was founded in 1745 and later occupied by British troops during their second invasion in 1807. Look for the exquisite gilded fixtures and Baroque altarpiece by Spanish carver Isidro Lorea.
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Basílica de Santo Domingo
This 18th-century Dominican basilica has a colorful history. On its left tower are the replicated scars of shrapnel from fire against British troops who holed up here during the 1806 invasion. The museum displays the flags that were captured from the British.
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Manzana de Las Luces
The Manzana de las Luces (Block of Enlightenment) was once the meeting place of Argentina’s intellectual heavyweights. The intriguing complex, connected to nearby buildings by a series of underground tunnels that were rediscovered in 1912, includes a university built by Jesuit missionaries in the early 1700s and the Iglesia de San Ignacio, BA’s oldest church.
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