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“La Manzana de las Luces” (six blocks walking from the Hostel Colonial) is a historic block of the City of Buenos Aires, which is surrounded by streets Bolívar, Moreno, Alsina, Julio A. Roca Ave. (South Diagonal) and Peru (the latter a continuation of the Florida pedestrian street).
Here are located the National College of Buenos Aires, the old church of San Ignacio, the former building of the University of Buenos Aires and other historic buildings.
Has been named so by the newspaper “El Argos” on September 1, 1821, because the institutions that intellectuals were installed there.
In 1659 the city was resolved to put in a good state of defense, which by that time was threatened by corsairs and pirates.For this reason, the Jesuits had to settle here on May 25 of 1661 on the site is now known as Block of Lights, given to the Society of Jesus by Isabel de Carvajal.
The streets of the block are hidden tunnels traversing different areas of the city, five meters deep.
It is believed that these tunnels, built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, formed a network linking churches and public buildings with the Fort The history of the Block of Lights is to recover the past of Buenos Aires.
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The block limited by the Alsina, Bolívar, Moreno and Perú streets, in San Telmo, has some of the oldest buildings that remain in Buenos Aires, like the San Ignacio Church, the oldest in the city. The name, proposed by the Argos newspaper, in 1821, refers to the education and culture establishments that work in the block since centuries ago.
Its tracks are expected in the first maps of Buenos Aires, of 1580. In 1661 the block was given to the Jesuits, that built a church, an school, a drugstore, a press and a general office for their missions in the place.The San Ignacio school opened in 1662 and soon, was converted in a meeting point for the porteño intellectuals. In 1863, the argentine State took the school that, besides of the interruptions, still worked in the block, and changed its name to “Buenos Aires National School“. Nowadays it is one of the best high schools in the city, with the Carlos Pellegrini School.
The San Ignacio Church (Bolivar and Alsina), started in 1686, between the walls of a temple that already existed in the place. It was inaugurated in 1722. The building process was projected by the Jesuit architects Krauss, Bianchi and Prímolo. In the end of the XVIII century, it worked as the cathedral and was turned into a military quarter during the resistance to the English invasion of 1806.After the expulsion of the order, in 1767, they opened in this place a medicine school, the national library, the first national museum, the Buenos Aires University, the first porteño theatre, the law academy, the architecture and exact sciences faculties.
Under the block there´s a network of tunnels of the XVII and XVIII centuries, that connected buildings and churches of the Downtown with the Buenos Aires fort. They believe that these tunnels worked as a defense for the city and smuggling. It´s evidenced by the hundreds of tourists that visit the “Block of Lights” every day.
A quadra limitada pelas ruas Alsina, Bolívar, Moreno e Perú, no bairro de San Telmo, contém algumas das construçoes mais antigas que permanecem em Buenos Aires, como San Ignacio, a igreja mais velha da cidade. O nome, proposto pelo jornal Argos em 1821, faz referencia aos estabelecimentos educativos e culturais que funcionam na quadra há seculos.
Seu traçado está previsto nos primeiros mapas de Buenos Aires, de 1580. Em 1661 foi cedida aos jesuítas, que levantaram aí uma igreja, um colégio, uma escola de primeiras letras, uma farmácia, uma editora e um escritório geral de suas missoes.O colégio de San Ignacio abriu em 1662 e logo se converteu em um centro de reuniao dos intelectuais portenhos. Em 1863, o Estado argentino assumiu o colégio que, apesar das interrupçoes, ainda funcionava na quadra, e passou a ser chamado de “Colégio Nacional Buenos Aires“. Hoje em dia é uma das escolas secundárias de mais prestigio na cidade, junto com a Escuela Carlos Pellegrini.
A igreja San Ignacio (Bolívar e Alsina) começou em 1686, sobre os muros de um templo que já existia no lugar. Inaugurou-se em 1722. A obra esteve a cargo dos arquitetos jesuítas Krauss, Bianchi e Prímolo. A finais do século XVIII funcionou como catedral da cidade e se converteu em um quartel militar durante a resistencia à invasao inglesa de 1806.Após a expulsao da ordem, em 1767, instalaram no lugar a escola de medicina, a biblioteca nacional, o primeiro museu nacional, a Universidade de Buenos Aires, o primeiro teatro portenho, a academia de jurisprudencia, as faculdades de arquitetura e ciencias exatas.
Debaixo da quadra corre uma rede de tuneis dos séculos XVII e XVIII que uniam edificios e igrejas do centro com o forte de Buenos Aires. Se acredita que serviram de defesa para a cidade e para o contrabando. Tanto é assim que a famosa “Manzana de las Luces” é visitada por centenas de turistas, dia a dia.
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