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Córdoba
13th March 2010
Córdoba and the area surrounding it has 5 World Heritage Jesuit sites.
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The Jesuit estancias outside of Córdoba supported their university, the oldest in the country, with crops, cattle, sheep and wine production. Estancia Coroya was the earliest from 1616. Jesús María from 1618, Santa Catalina from 1622 and Alta Gracia from 1643. The Jesuits were expelled from South America in 1767.
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Ernesto ¨Che¨ Guevara spent his teenage years in Alta Gracia, 40 kilometres from Córdoba and his family home is now a museum.
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A canal runs through Cordoba
Montserrat University
Blue tiles top the dome on this church
World Heritage Jesuit Block in Cordoba
The old buildings had a central courtyard, this one with a tiled fountain
Estancia Caroya, chapel attached on the left
Shaded hallway leading onto the courtyard at Estancia Caroya
Estancia Jesus Maria
The Church attached to Estancia Jesus Maria
Estancia Santa Catalina
Inside the Estancia Santa Catalina
The Jesuits built this dam near Alta Gracia
Estancia Alta Gracia
Roof and bells of Alta Gracia
Alta Gracia
Alta Gracia from the inside
Che Guevara museum, his family home
El Che