Caminos de las Estancias Jesuiticas

    Los testimonios de la acción de la Compañía de Jesús en la provincia ocupan un lugar de privilegio. En el lapso de tiempo comprendido entre 1599, año de la llegada de la, orden a Córdoba, y 1767, cuando se produce su expulsión por el rey Carlos III de España, la Compañía de Jesús estableció un sistema cultural-social, religioso, económico y territorial único en América hispana que marcó,  (desarrollo cultural, económico y territorial de la provincia).

    El sistema, centrado en la Ciudad dé Córdoba, se organizó alrededor de las empresas educativas y espirituales de la Compañía, dando, origen  al Colegio Máximo en 1610, a la Universidad en 1622, al Colegio Convictorio de Nuestra Señora de Monserrát en 1687 y al Noviciado.
Para asegurar el sustento económico de esos emprendimientos culturales se organizó y consolidó un sistema de estancias, establecimientos rurales productivos situados en el interior de la provincia. Las seis estancias fueron Caroya (en 1616), Jesús María (1618),
Santa Catalina (1622), Alta Gracia (1643), La Candelaria (en 1678) y San Ignacio (en 1725).

     El carácter único y relevante a nivel internacional de esta experiencia y sus testimonios patrimoniales ha sido reconocido por la UNESCO, que ha incluido el "Camino de las Estancias jesuíticas" y "La Manzana jesuítica" en la Lista de Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
El "Camino de las Estancias jesuíticas" constituye un itinerario turístico cultural, que permite descubrir y conocer los valores patrimoniales y la importancia a nivel mundial de estos lugares históricos. Es la ocasión de descubrir paisajes, tradiciones y costumbres que marcan la identidad de Córdoba cultural y turística.

    La buena noticia es que La Estancia Jesuitica de Alta Gracia queda a unos pocos pasos de 

279 Boutique Bed + Breakfast !! Te preparamos un desayuno rico con un buen cafe con leche y sigues a Las Estancias Caroya y Jesus Maria.  Un dia de Cultura!!

279 Boutique Bed+Breakfast has a new alarm clock!

This is Srinivas. 279's newest addition. His singing is the most beautiful  wake-up music you will ever hear!

  Here's a tidbit of background info:

The Roller Canary like all canaries is descended from a small green finch native to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. Conquering Spanish soldiers and sailors brought them back to Spain to honor their lady loves as early as 1496. These 'little sugar birds' as they were known because of the beauty of their song soon became so fashionable that it was a matter of etiquette among the aristocracy to have a sailor present one in a golden cage to his lady.  

I'll take a canary in a golden cage over chocolates any day!!

Albanil del ano!!

      La palabra albanil (del arabe vulgar al-banni,y este del arabe clasico al-banna' el que construye o edifica) refiere a la persona que realiza indistintamente trabajos basicos de constuccion, como alzado de muros, paredes y tapias...

If there is one thing I dread more than anything else in this world, it's construction workers in my house.
  The  banging, the scattered, volcanic cement bags spewing cement dust all over the place, the insecure feeling in the back of your head, that one of the three unfamiliar baseball capped faces  that you have just let into your home, hopefully isn't staking out your house, (it's an Argentine thing) and let us not forget the mess..... oooohhh the mess!!
Aside from the obvious inconveniences and worries , one prays very hard, that at the end of the job, the Albanil (construction worker) that was highly recommended to you , who is  "de confianza", (trustworthy) and is sworn to you with enthusiasm that he "trabaja muy bien", (works very well) will ultimately not mess the job up.
   Every homeowner knows that construction repairs are inevitable and that sooner or later they will have to confront this stressful situation.
After 6 years of  small and large maintenance repairs to 279, I can't think of one major repair to the house that I didn't have to repair twice. Yes, you read correctly, same repair twice! DOS VECES!!
That was of course, before I met Jose.
Let me introduce you to Jose.   When Jose tells you that he will show up  at your house for work the next morning at 8:00am, Guess what? He show's up at 8:00am.No excuses , no hangovers.
  Jose's first job at 279 was to gut out and re-cement three walls. As I watched Jose outline the damaged area with a pencil and ruler, his attention to detail was impressive and reassuring. After 2 days of concentrated work, and a job that was visibly well executed from start to finish, I knew that  my prayers to Maradona, the man upstairs had been answered!
  I finally had found the needle in the hay stack, a true professional, hence, an albanil !
Trust me... it's a big deal!
I would like to take this moment to say thank you to Jose and  say...

Yiipppiieee !!!!