Manzana de las Luces is one of the main historical complexes of the city and includes several of the oldest buildings in Buenos Aires, such as the Church of San Ignacio, a work of the Jesuits, which is still standing.

Below the Apple of Lights run some of the tunnels built in colonial times, used for defense and smuggling. As if it were a journey in time, those who travel the Apple of Lights may have a better idea of what Buenos Aires was like before Independence, touring the Church of San Ignacio, the Missions Procurator's Office, the Representative Room and the seventeenth century tunnels.

Did you know why it's called Apple of Lights? This lot was identified for the first time with that name in an article in the newspaper "El Argos" in 1821. It was named for the cultural institutions that worked there: the Colegio de San Ignacio -now National College of Buenos Aires-, the old building of the University of Buenos Aires, the first theater, the first museum of the city, the Real Imprint of Expired Children and the National Library.