BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL BUILDINGS TO POSE WITH IN CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA

The old town of Córdoba is stuffed full of gorgeous old buildings in ice-cream colours. Unlike Buenos Aires, where most of the colonial buildings were destroyed on achieving independence from Spain, Córdoba has retained much of its original architecture. Here are some of my favourite photos from this deeply Instagrammable destination – scroll to the bottom to see where they were taken!

1, 5, 7, 12 – Cabildo building. This is the colonial town hall, completed in 1786. The city government was moved out of the Cabildo building in the late 19th century, though a branch of the city police remained. During the Dirty War in the 1970s, this building was used as a detention centre.

2, 4, 13 – Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Asunción (Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption) . Construction of the original church on this site was begun in 1581, shortly after the town was founded in 1573.

3, 8 – Corner of Avenida Independencia and Calle 27 de Abril.

6, 10 – Iglesia de Santa Teresa y Monasterio de San José de Carmelitas Descalzadas. This church and convent were founded in 1628 by a man called Juan de Dejeda. Having promised the saint at the bed of his sick daughter that he would dedicate himself to her worship if his daughter could only survive, she miraculously recovered, and the order was born. This gorgeous pink building is slightly out of the main tourist square and far less busy.

9, 11, 14 – Historic Museum of the National University of Córdoba, colonial campus. This is housed in a block of 17th-century buildings called the Manzana Jesuitica, or Jesuit Block. It still functions as part of the university, which, along with the University of Buenos Aires, is one of the biggest in Argentina. This museum is home to a library of very beautiful old books, scripts and maps, several of which I took photos of, thinking they might come in handy for my dissertation!