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Basílica de Santo Domingo
The 18th-century Basílica de Santo Domingo prominently marks the approach into San Telmo. This Dominican church (also known as the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario) has a long and colorful history. On its left tower, you'll see the replicated scars of shrapnel launched against British troops who holed up here during the invasion of 1806.
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Catedral Metropolitana
Completed in the 1820s, the austere neoclassical facade of BA's most important cathedral makes for an odd entrance into the splendid Baroque interior. The church has a beautiful rococo main altar and contains the mausoleum of General San Martín, Argentina's greatest independence hero. Outside, an eternal flame burns in his honor.
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
In between the Cementerio de la Recoleta and the Centro Cultural Recoleta, this lovely white colonial church with a beautiful baroque interior is worth a quick look. You can get a splendid view of the church from across the park.
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Iglesia Santa Catalina
Just behind Galerías Pacífico and across from the Centro Cultural Borges is this pretty, out-of-place church. Santa Catalina was founded in 1745, when it became Buenos Aires' first convent. Today it is a church, and a peek inside reveals beautiful gilded works and a Baroque altarpiece created by Isidro Lorea, a Spanish carver.
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Manzana de las Luces
The Manzana de las Luces (Block of Enlightenment) was once Buenos Aires' main center of learning. Jesuit missionaries built a university here in the early 1700s, educating many of the country's leading thinkers. Underneath the Iglesia de San Ignacio (BA's oldest church) there are some tunnels, discovered in 1912, which you can tour.
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