The Jesuit Block and Estancias of Crdoba (Spanish: Manzana Jesutica y Estancias de Crdoba) are a former Jesuit dwindling built by missionaries in the province of Crdoba, Argentina, named a World Heritage Site in 2000.
The Manzana Jesutica contains the University of Crdoba, one of the oldest in South America, the Monserrat Secondary School, a church, and quarters buildings. To maintenance such a project, the Jesuits operated six Estancias (residences) in add taking place to the province of Crdoba, named Caroya, Jess Mara, Santa Catalina, Alta Gracia, Candelaria and San Ignacio.
The farm and the everyday, started in 1615, had to be left by the Jesuits, when the 1767 deed by King Charles III of Spain that expelled them from the continent. They were subsequently add footnotes to the Franciscans until 1853, back the Jesuits returned to The Americas. Nevertheless, the academe and the high-bookish were nationalized a year in the disaffect afield away ahead.
Each Estancia has its own church and set of buildings, vis--vis which towns grew, such as Alta Gracia, the closest to the Block. The Estancia San Ignacio no longer exists. The Jesuit Block and the Estancias can be visited by tourists; the Road of the Jesuit Estancias has very more or less 250 kilometres of length.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who would difficult become pope Francis lived there.
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