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Capilla de los Negros

TIME : 2016/2/19 14:19:58

The Capilla de los Negros is worth a look. Here’s a little-known fact: Buenos Aires province and the capital were once home to a significant African population that vanished in the 19th century – some say because they were conscripted into the war against Paraguay. In Chascomús, black people were refused entry to the main cathedral, so they built this chapel where you can still note their fusion of Catholicism with African beliefs.