The tourists who get to play Golf in Argentina will be able to visit this magnifies Estancias.
Hidden away in a northern valley of the Sierras Grandes, 1,200 metres high and 150 kilometres from the city of Córdoba, in the Cruz del Eje district, lies the Jesuit Estancia of La Candelaria. This Estancia was started thanks to the land grant obtained by Captain García de Vera y Mujica at the beginning of the 17th century on the banks of the Guamanes River (now called de la Candelaria River). This property was then donated by his son to the Padres de la Compañía de Jesús, who took possession in 1683. From then on, the order bought some adjoining land until they possessed 300,000 hectares which stretch from the Cumbre de Achala to the Soto lowlands.
The estancia is called La Candelaria in honour to the Virgen de las Candelas (the Virgen of the Candelas), who is commemorated on February 2nd every year. The Jesuit Fathers applied their organizational experience there. They equipped and developed a great livestock centre, specialized in the raising and wintering of mules. Estate managers and other people in charge worked in numerous "puestos" (outposts) and also in rodeos, where cattle, horses, sheep and pigs multiplied.