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| nuthatch | profile | all galleries >> Argentina >> Cordoba and Alta Gracia | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 on the Plaza San Martin, in the historic center of Cordoba |
 the city cathedral, from 16th to 18th c. |
 the interior by Emilio Caraffa, famed cordobes painter |
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 the historic Cabildo, also finished 18th c. |
 above the Cabildo's main patio |
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 in the basement, a museum of the building's history |
 a quiet plaza behind the cathedral... |
 ...dedicated to the founder of Cordoba, Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera |
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 a pasaje beside the cathedral... |
 ...home to el Museo de la Memoria, covering the years of the dictatorship |
 out on the streets again |
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 street art alive and well in Cordoba as in other Argentine cities |
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 one of many historic churches |
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 the peatonal area, filled with people |
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 the Cripta Jesuitica: buried in 1829, rediscovered/re-opened in 1989 |
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 back up for air... |
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 la Cañada, a waterway running thru the city |
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 in the Jesuit block; here, the Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús |
 inside the national university, founded in 1622 |
 these two are skipping class... |
 the block is home to many of the city's innumerable university buildings |
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 in the museum of anthropology, specializing in cultures of Argentina's north and west |
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 the building itself is a treasure |
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 at the Paseo del Buen Pastor, a city cultural center |
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 the Iglesia de los Capuchinos |
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 the Palacio Ferreyra, now a modern art museum |
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 in the Parque Sarmiento... |
 ...with a view toward the eastern part of the city |
 next day, a drive out south to Alta Gracia with Diana and Daniel |
 in the historic center, originally a Jesuit estancia (17th c.) |
 the clock tower on the lake |
 the original church |
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 the cloister and administrative offices |
 the patio |
 the building was unusual, having running water very early |
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 an example of the water filtration system |
 in the garden, a blacksmith's shop |
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 an example of the monks' quarters |
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 as it was furnished by house owners after the Jesuits were expelled |
 into a neighborhood in town |
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 the 'Casa del Che', a house where Ernesto Guevara lived as a boy |
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 not the original, but the same year and type! |
 back into the neighborhood |
 hmmm... night be a fixer-upper for J&M? |
 the Museo Manuel de Falla, Casa "Los Espinillos"... |
 ...the house where he spent his last years in exile from Franco's Spain |
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 a view of the Sierras Chicas from the garden |
 and now we are out driving in the Central Sierras ourselves |
 Los Molinos reservoir, one of many in the Sierras |
 sunset on Cordoba... |
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