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Roots Earth in Cordoba: audio stories about 44 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 44 places in Cordoba, Argentina, in Latin America. The Cordoba stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Cordoba, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 44 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: cordoba-argentina.md

The 44 places in Cordoba with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Córdoba Cathedral
  2. Jesuit Block of Córdoba
  3. Church of the Society of Jesus
  4. National University of Córdoba
  5. Plaza San Martín
  6. Cabildo of Córdoba
  7. Teatro del Libertador General San Martín
  8. Paseo del Buen Pastor
  9. Church of the Capuchin Friars
  10. Sarmiento Park
  11. Evita Fine Arts Museum
  12. Emilio Caraffa Museum of Fine Arts
  13. Bicentennial Lighthouse
  14. Jesuit Crypt
  15. National School of Monserrat
  16. Basilica of Santo Domingo
  17. Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy
  18. Carmelite Monastery of Santa Teresa
  19. Church of San Francisco
  20. Marqués de Sobremonte Historical Museum
  21. Provincial Legislature of Córdoba
  22. Plaza de la Intendencia
  23. Patio Olmos Shopping
  24. University City of Córdoba
  25. Museum of Anthropology
  26. Plaza España
  27. Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium
  28. El Gigante de Alberdi
  29. Good Shepherd Chapel
  30. Nueva Córdoba
  31. La Cañada
  32. Barrio Güemes
  33. Paseo de las Artes
  34. Mercado Norte
  35. General Paz
  36. Cerro de las Rosas
  37. Alta Córdoba
  38. San Vicente
  39. Barrio Alberdi
  40. Parque Las Heras
  41. Córdoba Zoo
  42. San Jerónimo Cemetery
  43. Mitre Railway Station
  44. Suquía River Riverside

Is there an audio guide for Córdoba Cathedral?

Yes. Córdoba Cathedral has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 44 Cordoba places in the app, at -31.41666667, -64.18472222. Every one of the other 43 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Cordoba

Open Roots Earth and choose Cordoba. The city has its own map of places with all 44 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 44 places in Cordoba, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 44 places in Cordoba, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Córdoba Cathedral

Coordinates
-31.41666667, -64.18472222
In one line
Argentina's oldest church in continuous service, begun in 1582 and finished over two centuries. This Baroque landmark blends colonial, Neoclassical and Mudéjar touches, crowned by a turreted dome and a facade overlooking Plaza San Martín.

2. Jesuit Block of Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.42055556, -64.19111111
In one line
A single colonial block holding a church, a university and a secondary school built by the Jesuits from 1599 onward. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, it was the engine of Jesuit education and mission across South America.

3. Church of the Society of Jesus

Coordinates
-31.42, -64.19083333
In one line
The oldest surviving Jesuit church in Argentina, built between 1640 and 1676. Its remarkable cedar ceiling, shaped like an inverted ship's hull, was crafted by Philippe Lemaire. Part of the UNESCO Jesuit Block, it shelters a gilded retable and the Domestic Chapel.

4. National University of Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.4375, -64.18777778
In one line
Founded in 1613, this is the oldest university in Argentina and the fourth oldest in the Americas. Born from the Jesuit Block, it launched the 1918 University Reform that reshaped higher education across Latin America. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

5. Plaza San Martín

Coordinates
-31.41677, -64.18356
In one line
Córdoba's central square since 1577, ringed by the cathedral and the Cabildo. Once a stage for fairs, festivals and bullfights, it now centers on a bronze equestrian statue of José de San Martín, set among landscaping designed by Carlos Thays in 1901.

6. Cabildo of Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.4175, -64.18472222
In one line
One of the last Spanish colonial public buildings left in Argentina, completed in 1786 with a long arcade of fifteen arches. Once the seat of colonial government, later a jail and a Dirty War detention center, it now serves as a museum and cultural space on Plaza San Martín.

7. Teatro del Libertador General San Martín

Coordinates
-31.41916667, -64.18777778
In one line
One of Argentina's oldest and grandest theaters, opened in 1891 as the Rivera Indarte. Designed by Francesco Tamburini in an Italianate style, it boasts a horseshoe hall, a floor that rises to stage level, and a stage that has hosted Caruso and Rubinstein.

8. Paseo del Buen Pastor

Coordinates
-31.42388889, -64.18638889
In one line
A former women's prison and chapel in Nueva Córdoba, reopened in 2007 as a lively cultural promenade. Galleries, cafes and a choreographed dancing fountain now fill a complex once run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.

9. Church of the Capuchin Friars

Coordinates
-31.42583333, -64.18722222
In one line
A soaring Neo-Gothic church in Nueva Córdoba, designed by architect Augusto Ferrari; construction began in 1926 and official inauguration was in 1933. Famous for its two mismatched towers, one tall and one deliberately left unfinished as a symbol of human mortality and the soul that rises.

10. Sarmiento Park

Coordinates
-31.43027778, -64.17555556
In one line
Córdoba's largest park, designed by landscape architect Carlos Thays and opened in 1911. Seventeen hectares of avenues, a rose garden, a boating lake, museums and a historic zoo, named for President Domingo Sarmiento, champion of public education.

11. Evita Fine Arts Museum

Coordinates
-31.42666667, -64.18472222
In one line
A grand Beaux-Arts mansion built between 1912 and 1916 for physician Martín Ferreyra, designed by French architect Ernest Sanson. Since 2007 it has housed the Evita Fine Arts Museum, displaying Argentine works across twelve halls behind its French-style facade.

12. Emilio Caraffa Museum of Fine Arts

Coordinates
-31.42805556, -64.18583333
In one line
A Neoclassical fine arts museum on the edge of Sarmiento Park, designed by Juan Kronfuss and completed in 1916. Named in 1950 for painter Emilio Caraffa, it grew through later wings into a leading centre for Córdoba and Argentine art.

13. Bicentennial Lighthouse

Coordinates
-31.42846, -64.18209
In one line
A 102-metre concrete tower built for Argentina's bicentennial and opened in 2011. Designed by architect Alejandro Cohen, its twisting helix rises beside Sarmiento Park, glowing with coloured light at night as a modern civic icon for Córdoba.

14. Jesuit Crypt

Coordinates
-31.41888889, -64.18888889
In one line
A Jesuit crypt beneath Avenida Colón, constructed in 1713; the house was occupied as the order's novitiate from 1700 to 1713. Buried during street widening and forgotten, it was rediscovered in 1989 and now serves as an underground space for exhibitions and concerts.

15. National School of Monserrat

Coordinates
-31.42055556, -64.18972222
In one line
Founded in 1687 by the Jesuit priest Ignacio Duarte y Quirós, the National College of Monserrat is one of Argentina's oldest schools. Part of the UNESCO-listed Jesuit Block, its colonial halls still teach students today.

16. Basilica of Santo Domingo

Coordinates
-31.41444444, -64.18638889
In one line
Built between 1857 and 1861 by the Dominicans, the Basilica of Santo Domingo guards the venerated Virgen del Rosario del Milagro, patroness of Córdoba. Its twin towers and tiled domes rise over the city's historic streets.

17. Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy

Coordinates
-31.41388889, -64.18416667
In one line
Rooted in a Mercedarian convent approved in 1601, the Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy wears an eclectic Italianate facade from 1869 by architects Bettoli and Kánepa. Inside survives a celebrated Baroque pulpit carved in 1776.

18. Carmelite Monastery of Santa Teresa

Coordinates
-31.41972222, -64.18472222
In one line
Founded in 1628 by Juan de Tejeda after a vow for his daughter's recovery, the Carmelite Monastery of Santa Teresa is a colonial Baroque cloister near Plaza San Martín. Its portal now houses a museum of religious art.

19. Church of San Francisco

Coordinates
-31.41888889, -64.18222222
In one line
The Church of San Francisco rises from Córdoba's oldest religious site, where Franciscans built their first chapel in 1575. The present church, begun in 1796 to plans by Juan Manuel López, was consecrated in 1813.

20. Marqués de Sobremonte Historical Museum

Coordinates
-31.41527778, -64.1825
In one line
Córdoba's oldest house, built over about 20 years and completed in 1752 by merchant José Rodríguez, later home to viceroy Rafael de Sobremonte, is now the Marqués de Sobremonte Historical Museum, a rare survivor of 18th-century colonial domestic architecture.

21. Provincial Legislature of Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.4175, -64.18361111
In one line
The historic Provincial Legislature, designed by José Cometa and built between 1883 and 1885 with a later wing by Juan Kronfuss, housed Córdoba's lawmakers for 101 years until the assembly moved to a new building in 2019.

22. Plaza de la Intendencia

Coordinates
-31.42305556, -64.18722222
In one line
A modern downtown square inaugurated in 1983, set between the Municipal Palace and the courts. It honors the Argentine soldiers who died in the 1982 Falklands War, and now hosts book fairs and cultural events.

23. Patio Olmos Shopping

Coordinates
-31.42, -64.18777778
In one line
A grand 1909 former boys' school by architect Elías Senestrari, reborn in 1995 as Córdoba's flagship shopping center. Its semicircular Renaissance-revival facade now wraps around more than 150 stores spread across 25,000 square meters.

24. University City of Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.4375, -64.19166667
In one line
The modern campus of the National University of Córdoba, founded in 1613, laid out from the early 1950s in the city's south near Parque Sarmiento. Its many faculties cluster around the landmark Pabellón Argentina, heart of a vast student city.

25. Museum of Anthropology

Coordinates
-31.42138889, -64.1875
In one line
Run by the National University of Córdoba, this anthropology museum opened to the public in 2002 inside an early-twentieth-century house. Its galleries explore Andean archaeology and indigenous identity, drawing on collections gathered over many decades.

26. Plaza España

Coordinates
-31.425, -64.18361111
In one line
A landmark circular plaza in Nueva Córdoba where six avenues converge, dating to 1889 and remodeled in 1980. Honoring Spain, it borders Parque Sarmiento and the city's great fine-arts museums, with a traffic tunnel added beneath it in 2019.

27. Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium

Coordinates
-31.36895556, -64.24624444
In one line
Córdoba's great stadium, opened in 1978 to host matches of that year's World Cup. Once called Estadio Córdoba and Chateau Carreras, it was renamed in 2010 for striker Mario Alberto Kempes and rebuilt to hold around 57,000 spectators.

28. El Gigante de Alberdi

Coordinates
-31.40361111, -64.20638889
In one line
The beloved home of Club Atlético Belgrano, officially the Julio César Villagra Stadium, opened in 1929 in the Alberdi neighborhood. Long nicknamed the Giant of Alberdi, it was expanded to hold 38,500 fans after a 2024 expansion.

29. Good Shepherd Chapel

Coordinates
-31.42416667, -64.18611111
In one line
The Good Shepherd Chapel anchors a Nueva Córdoba plaza that was once a women's prison. Designed by José Montblanch and added to the complex in 1905 in Neo-Gothic style, its slender tower now presides over galleries, cafés, and an evening fountain show.

30. Nueva Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.42777778, -64.18638889
In one line
Nueva Córdoba is the city's student heartland, a hillside district planned by Miguel Crisol in the late 1800s. Red-brick towers, leafy boulevards, museums, and Sarmiento Park frame a barrio that swells with young people in term time.

31. La Cañada

Coordinates
-31.41888889, -64.195
In one line
La Cañada is Córdoba's beloved stone-walled stream, canalized in 1944 after a deadly 1939 flood. Lined with tipa trees and crossed by graceful bridges, the channeled watercourse is one of the city's most cherished urban icons.

32. Barrio Güemes

Coordinates
-31.42694444, -64.19416667
In one line
Barrio Güemes is Córdoba's bohemian quarter, grown from the nineteenth-century El Abrojal beside La Cañada. Its cobbled streets brim with antiques, design shops, street food, and the weekend Paseo de las Artes craft fair.

33. Paseo de las Artes

Coordinates
-31.42777778, -64.19305556
In one line
The Paseo de las Artes is Córdoba's weekend craft fair beside La Cañada, running every weekend since 1981 in the surviving 1889 worker-housing building. Artisans sell jewelry, leather, and handmade goods amid museums and live music.

34. Mercado Norte

Coordinates
-31.4125, -64.18361111
In one line
Mercado Norte is Córdoba's great indoor food market, opened in 1928 by architects Hortal and Godoy. Declared a Provincial Historical Monument in 1972, its stalls overflow with meat, fish, produce, and spices in a clamour of city life.

35. General Paz

Coordinates
-31.41388889, -64.16944444
In one line
General Paz is Córdoba's elegant nineteenth-century barrio across the Suquía River, founded in 1869 by Augusto López. Known for tango, culture, and the Casa de Pepino, it grew around tree-lined boulevards and Plaza Alberdi.

36. Cerro de las Rosas

Coordinates
-31.37777778, -64.225
In one line
Córdoba's most affluent hillside neighborhood, founded in 1928 on subdivided estate land. Grand homes climb slopes with panoramic city views, while Rafael Núñez Avenue draws crowds with restaurants, boutiques, and a famous nightlife scene.

37. Alta Córdoba

Coordinates
-31.39722222, -64.18055556
In one line
A traditional neighborhood north of the city center, shaped by the railway. Its station opened in 1887, and today serves as terminus of the scenic Tren de las Sierras to Cosquín. Workshops, brick houses, and rail heritage define the district.

38. San Vicente

Coordinates
-31.41666667, -64.16111111
In one line
One of Córdoba's oldest neighborhoods, founded in 1870 by Agustín Garzón. Once a summer retreat, it became a working-class industrial district. Today San Jerónimo Street buzzes with commerce, and famous carnivals fill its streets each February.

39. Barrio Alberdi

Coordinates
-31.41388889, -64.20277778
In one line
A historic neighborhood beside the city center, renamed in 1910 for Juan Bautista Alberdi. Home to the Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, a vibrant student district, the Belgrano football club, and a leading role in the 1969 Cordobazo uprising.

40. Parque Las Heras

Coordinates
-31.41277778, -64.2
In one line
Córdoba's first public park, laid out from 1882 on the north bank of the Suquía River. Inaugurated in 1889 as the Elisa promenade, it later took the name Las Heras. A recently restored riverside green space and protected historic heritage.

41. Córdoba Zoo

Coordinates
-31.435, -64.17833333
In one line
Founded in 1915 within Sarmiento Park, the Córdoba Zoo climbs a wooded hillside of paths and enclosures.

42. San Jerónimo Cemetery

Coordinates
-31.40888889, -64.17222222
In one line
Córdoba's first public cemetery, inaugurated in 1843 after a smallpox epidemic. Laid out like a small city around a central plaza, it holds elaborate mausoleums, sculpture, and ironwork from the early twentieth century, and the graves of many notable Cordobans.

43. Mitre Railway Station

Coordinates
-31.40666667, -64.18527778
In one line
Built in 1886 by the Central Argentine Railway, Córdoba's Mitre Station opened the city to Buenos Aires and the north. Long-distance trains still depart here for Villa María and the capital, a working relic of the rail age.

44. Suquía River Riverside

Coordinates
-31.40972222, -64.175
In one line
The Suquía River, also called the Primero, runs roughly 200 kilometers from the San Roque reservoir to the Mar Chiquita salt lake, slipping through the heart of Córdoba. Its tree-lined riverside, the costanera, draws walkers, runners, and families to the water's edge.

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