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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Cordoba, Argentina!

I took a quick trip to Cordoba to visit Argenta Price, a Fulbrighter who's just finishing up her project there. She only has two weeks left! I also was able to tour around the city and spend a good amount of time at the city's memory museum. I was only there for about 48-hours, but it was a lot of fun. I got to meet Argenta's friends from her lab, who are AMAZING!

Here are a few pictures of the weekend:



This is an awesome map of the secret military detention centers throughout Cordoba. I spent most of the afternoon at the Memory Museum in downtown Cordoba, reading through documents, looking at the exhibits, and watching this awesome film!



A lot of the focus of the museum I went to was about how books were considered subversive material and many were banned and burned during the military dictatorship. They had copies of many books that were banned during the era, including The Little Prince and the Latin American Bible!




This church was so big, you need two pictures to show the whole thing!



This is a Jesuit mission in downtown Cordoba. I think there are 5 Jesuit missions in Cordoba that have been named UNESCO World Heritage Sites.



Argenta and this cool girl from the Philippines, Rizza, at the Jesuit mission.



Cathedral in the main square in downtown Cordoba.

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