Córdoba

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Manzana Jesuitica, Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina

Church of the Society of Jesus Cordoba, Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina

About Córdoba

Córdoba is Argentina's university city, nicknamed La Docta, the learned one, for a university founded by the Jesuits in 1613. Tens of thousands of students give Argentina's second-largest city a young, lively feel, and its colonial core holds the finest Jesuit architecture in the country, alongside bohemian bars, music halls and a famous love of fernet with cola.

The city was founded in 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, and the Jesuits made it the headquarters of their vast Province of Paraguay. Their Manzana Jesuítica, a block with a church, a college and the old university, is listed by UNESCO together with the Jesuit estancias of the surrounding province. Around Plaza San Martín the cathedral and the arcaded Cabildo recall the colonial town, while former palaces and a converted prison now hold museums and cultural centres.

Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport has flights to Buenos Aires and beyond, and long-distance buses fan out across Argentina. The Sierras de Córdoba, with their hill towns and rivers, begin just west of the city.

Best seasonMarch-May and September-November

Ideal stay2-3 days

ArrivingCórdoba Airport; long-distance buses from Buenos Aires and Mendoza

12 Unforgettable Things to Do in Córdoba

History 2

Manzana Jesuitica

This city block was the heart of the Jesuit province in the 17th and 18th centuries and is listed by UNESCO. It holds the Church o...

Cabildo de Cordoba

Next to the cathedral, the arcaded Cabildo was the seat of the colonial city council and, later, of government and police offices....

Landmarks 3

Church of the Society of Jesus Cordoba

Completed in the 1670s, this Jesuit church is among the oldest surviving churches in Argentina, and its sober stone front hides a...

Cordoba Cathedral

The cathedral on Plaza San Martín took well over a century to build, so its facade mixes Baroque, Renaissance and Neoclassical fea...

Capuchinos Church

Built in the early 20th century for the Capuchin friars, the Church of the Sacred Heart is the most striking neo-Gothic building i...

Arts 2

Paseo del Buen Pastor

A former women's prison and chapel in Nueva Córdoba has been converted into a cultural centre with galleries, cafes, craft stalls...

Teatro del Libertador General San Martin

Opened in 1891, Córdoba's main theatre has an Italian-style horseshoe auditorium with red velvet, gilded balconies and a painted c...

Museums 2

Palacio Ferreyra

Built in the 1910s for the Ferreyra family in the style of a French palace, this mansion beside Plaza España now houses the Evita...

Emilio Caraffa Provincial Fine Arts Museum

Named after the Italian-born painter who directed it, this museum at the edge of Parque Sarmiento combines a classical early 20th-...

Parks 1

Parque Sarmiento

Designed by the French landscape architect Charles Thays, Parque Sarmiento is Córdoba's largest green space, with a lake, rose gar...

Neighborhoods 1

Guemes Neighborhood Cordoba

Once a working-class quarter beside La Cañada, Güemes has become the city's most bohemian neighbourhood, full of antique shops, de...

Food and Drink 1

Mercado Norte Cordoba

Opened in 1928, the Mercado Norte is the city's traditional food market, with stalls of beef, sausages, cheese, olives, spices and...

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