Visitors were allowed to wander at will when no worship services were being conducted. Tasteful recorded Renaissance choral music was played softly, establishing a meditative spirit. This church, like all I have visited thus far in Buenos Aires, is built to exclude light, at least when compared with Gothic structures in France and England. Here, summers can be impossibly hot, and at times people wish to escape its overwhelming brightness at noon, when Masses are said or sung.
The floors throughout the cathedral feature fascinating tiles with decorative floral patterns. One could spend years just studying tiles in Argentina.
From the right aisle, you can enter the impressive mausoleum of General San Martin, guarded by figures representing Argentina, Peru and Chile, the three areas which achieved freedom under the General's efforts.
