"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.
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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