«Besides being in the Argentine Republic, what do the Nicolás Avellaneda transporter bridge and the Frigate Presidente Sarmiento museum ship –both located in Buenos Aires–, or the Cathedral and the Cabildo of San Salvador de Jujuy, the Curuchet house and the building of the Rectorate of the National University of La Plata, located in the province of Buenos Aires, and even the Río Negro Lighthouse, in Viedma, and the Civic Center and the Llao Llao hotel in Bariloche, in the province of Río Negro, have in common?»

A lawyer with a degree in arts and culture legislation, the author, a public prosecutor committed to the protection of cultural heritage, presents us with the character of the so-called “blue shield” of UNESCO.

Unwanted effects, an artistic installation presented at the Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum in Lima, allows the author to enter into the ancient knowledge of fire and its effects. “In the work of Carlos Runcie Tanaka there is a theory of the Earth. Or two, three. Maybe five. Many, several, as many as hands, eyes and trades have been dedicated from the Neolithic to today, to thinking about the balance between solid and liquid, between the forces of heat and cold. Without exaggeration, the potter's laboratory seems to have shaped the hypotheses to explain or understand the formation of minerals found in nature. Or it could have been the other way around [...]»

«This work can be referred to the famous popular phrase “There is no deadline that is not met, nor debt that is not paid” because, around January 1983, we acquired in Buenos Aires the book “Focust East - Early Photography in the Near East [1839-1885]” by the notable Israeli photo historian Nissan N. Perez [1947] and in which we found, with surprise, the name of the photographer Schier, a German surname that coincides with a professional working in Buenos Aires around the 1870s and of whom we even had a small collection of six carte-de-visite. After 32 years we have paid the debt and we present for your consideration this second installment of an exciting history of early international photography that unites three continents through its images.»

«Science, art, daring and perhaps also the fruitless task of comparing the incomparable, catches us again when we refer to one of the wonders of our continent, located in the heart of viceregal Peru. We had already addressed this crazy mission in the previous issue of Hilario, when we referred to the Joya de Cerén archaeological park, a surprising site, located in the Republic of El Salvador.

In this new challenge, we warn you, a sterile task, we will move forward with two other South American examples that well deserve to be part of this chimera. Thus, comparing the Sistine Chapel with the church of Andahuaylillas constitutes a flagrant irreverence towards one and an act of humiliation and injustice towards the other. [...]»

The voice of a Mapuche silversmith [retrafe] allows us to know the history and identity features of the mask [kollón] made of different materials. During his visit to Buenos Aires he focused his attention on a silver specimen, and from his homeland he sent us this article, ready to share his knowledge and feelings «with those people who are sensitive to the cultures of the Native Peoples».

Summer and vacations, with their relaxed time, allow us to read things that the rest of the year, full of activities and responsibilities, makes difficult for us. Here are three novels that we invite you to enjoy. They are creations by contemporary Argentine writers, very different from each other, all of them awarded and praised.