Basílica de San Francisco (Buenos Aires)
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- Best time to go
- March–May, September–November
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
This Franciscan church near the Plaza de Mayo dates in its present form to the eighteenth century, with a later facade redesigned in a German Baroque manner by architect Ernesto Sackmann. Statues of Franciscan saints and figures such as Dante and Giotto adorn the front. The interior holds a large tapestry, colonial images and an important library. Damaged by fire during civil unrest in the 1950s, the church was restored and remains a working friary in the historic core of the city.
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