Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba, Religious complex and agricultural estates in Córdoba, Argentina.

The Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba comprise the Manzana Jesuítica in the city of Córdoba, with the University of Córdoba (founded 1613), the Monserrat Secondary School, a church and residences, plus six rural estates: Caroya, Jesús María, Santa Catalina, Alta Gracia, Candelaria and San Ignacio. Each estate has its own church and set of buildings; San Ignacio survives only as rubble. The estates lie between 38 and 130 km from the city.

The Jesuits founded this complex in the 17th century as a center for education and religious training. The network of connected estates gave them economic independence and growing influence across the region.

The buildings blend Spanish colonial style with local construction methods, merging European and South American craftsmanship in visible ways. You can see this fusion in the stonework and how the roofs are built.

The estancias lie between 38 and 130 km from the city of Córdoba, and the Road of the Jesuit Estancias linking them runs about 250 km. San Ignacio is reduced to rubble and is not part of the World Heritage area, so it cannot be visited as a site. Allow separate trips for the estates outside the capital.

The estancias lie between 38 and 130 km from the city of Córdoba, and the Road of the Jesuit Estancias linking them runs about 250 km. San Ignacio, one of the six, survives only as rubble and is not part of the UNESCO protected area. Between 1990 and 1992 Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, lived in the Jesuit Block.