Colonial architecture
White arcades.
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Quinta Pueyrredón is a country house from 1790 in San Isidro, north of Buenos Aires, one of the finest surviving examples of colonial architecture in the River Plate region, with white walls, arcades, columns and a tiled roof, on a rise above the broad river. Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, one of the country's leaders in the independence years, lived and died here, many figures of the period visited, and it was declared a National Historic Monument in 1941. Its rooms show furniture and objects of daily life from those days, and paintings by his son Prilidiano Pueyrredón, one of Argentina's most important nineteenth-century painters. Around the house a broad garden with ancient trees and an old well slopes toward the river. Entry is free Wednesday to Sunday, with a guided tour at weekends. Pair it with San Isidro's historic centre or a trip to Tigre on the suburban train.
White arcades.
A 19th-century painter.
Down to the river.
Rivera Indarte 48, Acassuso, San Isidro
Yes, Wednesday to Sunday, with a guided tour at weekends.
