The tourists who get to play Golf in Argentina will be able to visit this magnifies Estancias.
The
estancia as a whole is a complex layout formed
by two existing units and two other missing
ones: the temple and the old residence. The
missing parts were the slaves and aboriginal
"indians"' quarters, made up of
real whole "indian" villages, and
finally the lands used for cultivation and
pasture. The wine industry, which reached
a high degree of development and quality,
was the main characteristic of this estancia.
Such activity has in fact developed throughout
the years and has become a characteristic
of the whole area. This estancia´s lay-out
coincides with the usual type of Córdoba's
Jesuit estancia - the temple and patio surrounded
by corridors, in this case, by two of its
sides only. These one and two-storey corridors,
are covered with the usual techniques -domed
mezzanines, rafter roofs. It is natural they
do not cover the third side, since that was
the labour area, not the residence. In the
church, which has one nave and a marked transept,
there is a beautiful contrast formed between
the carving of the inner side of the dome
and its pendentives, the well finished dome,
the elegant belfry strangely placed diagonally
next to the sacristy, with a poor-looking
and disproportionate façade of an ungracious
ingenuity. |