Social and accompanying programme

Monday

November 12th

Jesuit triangle: “Estancias Jesuiticas”, testimonies of our identity

We will leave Córdoba by the RN 9 until Colonia Caroya, place where immigrants settled from the north of Italy and famous for their homemade salamis. There we will visit the Jesuit Estancia “Casa de Caroya”, which was the summer residence of the students of the Monserrat School (Córdoba). Next, we will go to Jesús María, known for hosting the Festival of Dressage and Folklore, where we will visit the Jesuit Estancia “San Isidro Labrador”, once a pioneer in the wine production of the area.

Then we will visit the historic “Posta Sinsacate” and the area of Barranca Yaco, where the mythical caudillo Facundo Quiroga was assassinated at the beginning of the 19th century. From there, we will go to the Santa Catalina Jesuit Estancia, known for the beauty of its baroque church. Finally, through the Sierras Chicas, and passing through the picturesque villages of Ascochinga, La Granja, Villa Animí, Agua de Oro and Río Ceballos, we will return to Córdoba through the RP E-53.

Tuesday

November 13th

City Tour

We will visit the most important points of the city: the Historical Center, composed by the Plaza San Martín, the Cabildo (town hall) and the Cathedral; the City Hall building; the Justice Palace; Italia Square; the stream La Cañada; and the Intendencia Square.

Afterwards, we will pass through the Theater Libertador General San Martín and enter the student neighborhood of Nueva Córdoba where we will visit the Church of the Capuchinos and the Paseo Cultural del Buen Pastor.

We will visit the Jesuit Block of Cordoba, declared “World Heritage Site”, and where the Church of the Company of Jesus, the Domestic Chapel, the former rector of the National University of Cordoba stand out -where a museum of the history of the University currently operates and a valuable library with historical books and some incunabula- and the traditional “Colegio Monserrat”, originally founded by the Jesuits in the 17th century.

We will continue our trip to Sarmiento Park and the University Campus (Ciudad Universitaria), to later go to the sculpture of the Hombre Urbano (Urban Man), and go along the riverside of the Suquía River.

On are were we pass by the sculpture of the “Mujer Urbana” (Urban Woman), going through the Av. Rafael Nuñez we will pass through the residential and commercial neighborhood of “Cerro de las Rosas” and we will go to the “Parque Autóctono” viewpoint to have a general view of the city. Finally, we return to the hotel venue of the congress.

9pm – Congress Dinner. (Dress Code: Cocktail)