The lighthouse is built within the ruins of the Convento de San Francisco Javier, built by the Portuguese in 1682. Also adjacent to the light station is the municipal museum of this historic city, which faces Buenos Aires across the broad Río de la Plata estuary. Located in the historic district of the city, on a peninsula extending into the Río de la Plata.
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