Córdoba’s indoor market has delicious and inexpensive food, such as pizza, empanadas (baked savory turnovers) and seafood. Browsing the clean stalls selling every imaginable cut of meat, including whole chivitos (goat) and pigs, is a must. Saturday here is particularly lively.
Mercado Norte
Córdoba
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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Córdoba’s beautiful Manzana Jesuítica (Jesuit Block), like its counterpart in Buenos Aires, is also known as the Manzana de las Luces (Block of…
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Museo Superior de Bellas Artes Evita
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The Palacio Ferrerya – Nueva Córdoba’s landmark building – was built in 1914 and designed by Ernest Sanson in the Louis XVI style. The building itself is…
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This cultural center and performance space was built in 1901 as a combined chapel, monastery and women’s prison. In mid-2007 it was re-inaugurated to…
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Museo Casa de Ernesto Che Guevara
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In the 1930s, the family of young Ernesto (Che) Guevara moved here because a doctor recommended the dry climate for his asthma. Though Che lived in…
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A chilling testament to the excesses of Argentina’s military dictatorship, this museum occupies a space formerly used as a clandestine center for…
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Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús
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Designed by the Flemish Padre Philippe Lemaire, this church dates from 1645 but was not completed until 1671, with the successful execution of Lemaire’s…
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Museo Histórico de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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In 1613 Fray Fernando de Trejo y Sanabria founded the Seminario Convictorio de San Javier, which, after being elevated to university status in 1622,…
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Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Dr Genaro Pérez
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This art gallery is prized for its collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. Works, including those by Emilio Caraffa, Lucio Fontana, Lino…
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Built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Jesuits, the Cripta Jesuítica was originally designed as a novitiate and later converted to a crypt and…
2. Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Merced
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The tiled domes of this modest church are one of the defining features of the Córdoba skyline. Check out the baroque pulpit dating from 1776 and the…
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There have been cabildos (town councils) here since 1588, but the current building dates from 1749 and has housed prison cells, shops and the mayor's…
4. Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Dr Genaro Pérez
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This art gallery is prized for its collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. Works, including those by Emilio Caraffa, Lucio Fontana, Lino…
5. Museo Histórico Provincial Marqués de Sobremonte
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It’s worth dropping into one of the most important historical museums in the country, if only to see the colonial house it occupies: an 18th-century home…
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The restored cabildo (town council) building, completed in 1785, contains three interior patios, as well as basement cells. All are open to the public as…
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Córdoba’s lovely and lively central plaza dates from 1577. Its western side is dominated by the white arcade of the restored cabildo (town council)…
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A chilling testament to the excesses of Argentina’s military dictatorship, this museum occupies a space formerly used as a clandestine center for…