Cordoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina
. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. It is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with about 1.3 million inhabitants according to the 2001 census. It was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals of the region that is now Argentin. Córdoba has many historical monuments preserved from the times of Spanish colonialism
, especially buildings of the Roman Catholic Church. The most recognizable is perhaps the Jesuit Block (Spanish:
Manzana Jesuítica), declared in 2000 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
which consists of a group of buildings dating from the 17th century, including the
Montserrat School and the colonial university campus (today the historical museum of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, which since the early 20th century has been the second-largest in the country in terms of the number of students, faculty, and academic programs.
Dear Jane thank you so much for gorgeous postcard and stamps!
Cordoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. It is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with about 1.3 million inhabitants according to the 2001 census. It was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals of the region that is now Argentin. Córdoba has many historical monuments preserved from the times of Spanish colonialism, especially buildings of the Roman Catholic Church. The most recognizable is perhaps the Jesuit Block (Spanish: Manzana Jesuítica), declared in 2000 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO which consists of a group of buildings dating from the 17th century, including the Montserrat School and the colonial university campus (today the historical museum of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, which since the early 20th century has been the second-largest in the country in terms of the number of students, faculty, and academic programs.
Dear Jane thank you so much for gorgeous postcard and stamps!
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