Architecture sights in Argentina
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Galerías Pacífico
Covering an entire city block, this beautiful French-style shopping center dates from 1889 and boasts vaulted ceilings with paintings done in 1954 by muralists Antonio Berni, Juan Carlos Castagnino, Manuel Colmeiro, Lino Spilimbergo and Demetrio Urruchúa. All were adherents of the nuevo realismo (new realism) school of Argentine art. For many years the building was semiabandoned, but a joint Argentine-Mexican team repaired and restored the murals in 1992.
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El Zanjón de Granados
One of the more unique places in Buenos Aires is this amazing architectural site. Below the remains of a mansion, a series of old tunnels, sewers and water wells going back to 1730 were discovered. They have been meticulously reconstructed brick by brick, and very attractively lit, and this ‘museum’ offers a fascinating glimpse into the city’s architectural past. Choose between hour-long tours during the week or half-hour tours on Sundays. It’s best to call and reserve, especially if you need English-speaking guides.
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Catedral
Salta’s pink catedral was consecrated in 1878 and harbors the ashes of (among other notables) General Martín Miguel de Güemes, a salteño (resident of Salta) and independence hero; even today, the gauchos of Salta province proudly flaunt their red-striped ponchos de güemes (traditional Salta ponchos). The high baroque altarpiece is the other central feature.
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Casa de la Cultura
Before the internet, apparently, there was glamour in the newsroom. Step through the huge cast-iron doors of the Casa de la Cultura (Office of Culture) into a vestige of the golden age of newspaper journalism. The lobby’s dark-wood kiosks and a display of old-fashioned printing equipment hark back to the days when the building was the headquarters of the daily La Prensa newspaper.
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El Molino
This broke-down beauty, reminiscent of Paris’ Moulin Rouge, was once an elegant cafe where politicians socialized between meetings at Palacio del Congreso. Sadly, the striking art-nouveau corner building is now covered in cobwebs after closing in 1996. Conservation teams struggle to raise funds to restore El Molino (the Windmill), still considered an architectural landmark.
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Iglesia de Santo Domingo
On the south side of the plaza Indepencia, the Iglesia de Santo Domingo and its convent date from the 1930s, but reproduce the Moorish style of the 17th-century building they replaced. Take a peek at the striking algarrobo (carob tree) doors of the attached Archivo Histórico Provincial around the corner on San Martín.
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Manzana Jesuítica (Jesuit Block)
Córdoba's beautiful Manzana Jesuítica, like that of Buenos Aires, is also known as the Manzana de las Luces (Block of Enlightenment), and was initially associated with the influential Jesuit order. In 2000, Unesco declared the Manzana Jesuítica a World Heritage site, along with five Jesuit estancias throughout the province.
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Iglesia Dinamarquesa
One block southwest of the seriously ugly Facultad de Ingeniería of the Universidad de Buenos Aires is a different sort of architectural oddity: the brick Iglesia Dinamarquesa, a neo-Gothic Lutheran church dating from 1930 and designed using blueprints from Danish architects Rönnow and Bisgaard.
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San Luis Cathedral
The center of town is the beautiful tree-filled Plaza Pringles, anchored on its eastern side by the handsome 19th-century San Luis Cathedral. Provincial hardwoods such as algarrobo were used for the cathedral's windows and frames, and local white marble for its steps and columns.
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Facultad de Ingeniería
Notable buildings in Recoleta are the beautiful French-styled Palais de Glace and the decrepit neo-Gothic Facultad de Ingeniería, which was designed by Uruguayan architect Arturo Prins and never quite completed.
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Tajamar
Directly north of the Museo Histórico Nacional del Virrey Liniers, the Tajamar is one of the city's several 17th-century dams, which together made up the complex system of field irrigation created by the Jesuits.
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Standard Bank
The Microcentro boasts some pretty impressive buildings. Near Plaza de Mayo is the Spanish Renaissance Standard Bank building, often sprayed with graffiti and the locus of noisy activities.
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Edificio Menéndez-Behety
The Microcentro boasts some pretty impressive buildings. Near the Plaza de Mayo is the Edificio Menéndez-Behety – once headquarters of a Patagonian wool empire.
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Terraza Mirador
A good place to orient yourself is the Terraza Mirador, which is the rooftop terrace at City Hall, offering panoramic views of the city and the surrounding area.
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Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced
From 1643 to 1762, Jesuit fathers built the Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Merced, the estancia’s most impressive building.
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Casa de la Cultura
The early-19th-century Casa de la Cultura was the site of a tahona (flour mill).
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Iglesia de la Merced
The century-old Iglesia de la Merced, was built with convict labor.
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