Argentinian Catholic Aesthetics

🇦🇷 The Cathedral of San Isidro, Buenos Aires. Completed in 1898, this high Neo-Gothic building is one of the most iconic structures in the northern suburbs.

Santa Catalina Jesuit Estancia 📍 Totoral, Córdoba

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One of the decorated panels flanking the altarpiece is actually a door, leading to the Convents Chapel, where the brothers would celebrate the liturgy of the hours. During compline it would be opened so the laity could hear.

The Dominican Convent of Vienna was first established in 1225, only 5 years after St. Dominics death. With the Church being built into the city wall, it was soon destroyed during the first Turkish war. Eventually rebuilt, the original design is now all but lost to History.

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary of Guanacache 📍Lavalle, Mendoza

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre The location of our Lord's crucifixion and resurrection. 📌 Jerusalem

🇦🇷 Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), Córdoba. Construction began in 1582 and lasted over two centuries, yielding Argentina's oldest church in continuous service.

🇦🇷 The Chapel of Tafna, Jujuy. An 18th-century Andean chapel at over 3,500 meters in the Puna, featuring traditional stone-and-adobe architecture.

🇦🇷 The Basilica of Saint Rose of Lima (Basílica Santa Rosa de Lima), Buenos Aires. Completed in 1934, this Romano-Byzantine structure was built to honor the first patron saint of the Americas.

🇦🇷 The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Cecilia (Catedral Basílica de los Santos Pedro y Cecilia), Mar del Plata. Completed in 1905, it stands as a prominent Neo-Gothic landmark of the Atlantic coast.

🇦🇷 The Basilica of Our Lady of Itatí (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Itatí), Corrientes. Completed in 1950, its 88-meter dome stands as one of the tallest church domes in South America.

🇦🇷 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi (Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Nahuel Huapi), San Carlos de Bariloche. Construction was completed in 1946 using local stone and wood to harmonize with the surrounding Andean landscape.

🇦🇷 The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Salta. While the site was assigned in 1582 and the first building completed in 1625, the current temple dates to 1759, and its 54-meter bell tower stands as the tallest in South America.

🇦🇷 The Basilica of Our Lady of Luján (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján). Construction began in 1887, and it was inaugurated in 1910 as a premier example of Neo-Gothic architecture.

🇦🇷 The Church of the Sacred Heart (Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón), Córdoba. Construction began in 1926, and the facade was intentionally left unfinished with a missing spire to represent the imperfection of humanity before God.

🇦🇷 The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians and Saint Charles (Basílica María Auxiliadora y San Carlos), Buenos Aires. Construction began in 1900, it was inaugurated in 1910, and it is the site where Pope Francis was baptized in 1936.

🇦🇷 The Cathedral of La Plata. Construction began in 1884, it was inaugurated in 1932, and the spires were completed in 1999.

🇦🇷 The Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires. Construction began in 1752, and the neoclassical facade was completed in 1823.