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Roots Earth in Mendoza: audio stories about 42 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 42 places in Mendoza, Argentina, in Latin America. The Mendoza stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Mendoza, 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 42 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: mendoza.md

The 42 places in Mendoza with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Cerro de la Gloria
  2. General San Martín Park
  3. Plaza Independencia
  4. Teatro Independencia
  5. Monument to the Army of the Andes
  6. Foundational Area Museum
  7. Plaza España
  8. Plaza Italia
  9. Plaza Chile
  10. Plaza San Martín
  11. Avenida Sarmiento
  12. National University of Cuyo
  13. Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
  14. Mendoza Zoological Park
  15. Mendoza Wine Region
  16. Bodega Catena Zapata
  17. Bodega Norton
  18. Trapiche Winery
  19. Lagarde Winery
  20. Terrazas de los Andes
  21. Argentina Wine Route
  22. Aconcagua
  23. Aconcagua Provincial Park
  24. Puente del Inca
  25. Uspallata
  26. Potrerillos
  27. Cacheuta Thermal Spa
  28. Metrotranvía Mendoza
  29. Godoy Cruz
  30. Guaymallén
  31. Las Heras
  32. Maipú
  33. Luján de Cuyo
  34. Chacras de Coria
  35. Greater Mendoza
  36. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza
  37. Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia
  38. Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
  39. Estadio Mendocino de Hockey
  40. Nicolino Locche Stadium
  41. Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport
  42. Mendoza Province

Is there an audio guide for Cerro de la Gloria?

Yes. Cerro de la Gloria 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 42 Mendoza places in the app, at -32.8895, -68.8836. Every one of the other 41 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 Mendoza

Open Roots Earth and choose Mendoza. The city has its own map of places with all 42 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 42 places in Mendoza, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 42 places in Mendoza, 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. Cerro de la Gloria

Coordinates
-32.8895, -68.8836
In one line
Cerro de la Gloria is a low hill rising from General San Martín Park, crowned by the bronze Monument to the Army of the Andes inaugurated in 1914.

2. General San Martín Park

Coordinates
-32.890359, -68.871212
In one line
General San Martín Park is Mendoza's vast green heart, begun in 1896 to a design by landscape architect Carlos Thays. Spanning 393 hectares, it holds a lake, a rose garden, ornate iron gates, and the hill of Cerro de la Gloria.

3. Plaza Independencia

Coordinates
-32.88944, -68.84528
In one line
Plaza Independencia is the central square of Mendoza's earthquake-resistant grid, laid out after the 1861 disaster. Spanning a full city block, it gathers fountains, tiled paths, an underground museum, and the four satellite plazas set around it.

4. Teatro Independencia

Coordinates
-32.88847, -68.84583
In one line
Teatro Independencia is Mendoza's premier theater, opened in 1925 on Plaza Independencia. Designed by Alfredo Israel in French Academy style, its 730-seat auditorium hosts the Provincial Philharmonic and remains the city's leading stage.

5. Monument to the Army of the Andes

Coordinates
-32.88948, -68.88358
In one line
Sculptor Juan Manuel Ferrari crowned it with a winged figure of Freedom breaking her chains.

6. Foundational Area Museum

Coordinates
-32.88333, -68.83389
In one line
The Foundational Area Museum, opened in 1993 on Pedro del Castillo square, stands over the ruins of colonial Mendoza, founded in 1561 and destroyed by the 1861 earthquake. Beneath glass lie the old fountain and paved roads of the lost city.

7. Plaza España

Coordinates
-32.89139, -68.84167
In one line
Plaza España is one of the four satellite squares around Plaza Independencia, celebrating the bond between Spain and Argentina. Inaugurated in 1949, it glows with Andalusian majolica tiles and a central monument carved in San Juan travertine.

8. Plaza Italia

Coordinates
-32.89139, -68.84889
In one line
Plaza Italia is one of the four satellite squares set two blocks off the corners of Plaza Independencia. Tiled, shaded, and crowned by a she-wolf, it honors the Italian immigrants who shaped Mendoza.

9. Plaza Chile

Coordinates
-32.8875, -68.84889
In one line
Plaza Chile is one of the four satellite squares around Plaza Independencia, dedicated to Argentine-Chilean friendship. Its monument recalls San Martín and O'Higgins, whose joined armies crossed the Andes to win independence.

10. Plaza San Martín

Coordinates
-32.8875, -68.84167
In one line
Plaza San Martín is one of the four satellite squares around Plaza Independencia, set in the banking district. Its equestrian statue honors José de San Martín, who organized the Army of the Andes from Mendoza.

11. Avenida Sarmiento

Coordinates
-32.88944, -68.84694
In one line
Avenida Sarmiento runs east-west through Plaza Independencia, its eastern stretch pedestrianized as the city's café and shopping promenade. Plane trees, open acequias, and outdoor tables make it the lively spine of downtown Mendoza.

12. National University of Cuyo

Coordinates
-32.88065, -68.878306
In one line
The National University of Cuyo, founded in 1939, is the main public university of Argentina's Cuyo region. Its sprawling campus beside General San Martín Park gathers schools of medicine, law, arts, engineering, and agriculture.

13. Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

Coordinates
-32.88972, -68.88
In one line
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, opened in 1978 for the FIFA World Cup, stands in General San Martín Park beside Cerro de la Gloria. Designed by Rafael Viñoly, it seats around 42,000, the largest stadium in Mendoza.

14. Mendoza Zoological Park

Coordinates
-32.89556, -68.88278
In one line
The Mendoza Zoological Park climbs the hillside of General San Martín Park, terraced into the slopes. Once a traditional zoo, it is being reshaped into an eco-park focused on conservation and the animals of the Andes.

15. Mendoza Wine Region

Coordinates
-32.88972, -68.84444
In one line
Mendoza is the heart of Argentine wine, producing nearly two-thirds of the country's output. High desert vineyards, fed by Andean meltwater and planted up to 1,200 metres, made Malbec world famous beneath the snow peaks.

16. Bodega Catena Zapata

Coordinates
-33.00417, -68.91639
In one line
Founded in 1902 by Italian immigrant Nicola Catena, this Agrelo winery pioneered high-altitude Malbec. Its Maya pyramid building, opened around 2001, anchors a family estate named World's Best Vineyard in 2023.

17. Bodega Norton

Coordinates
-33.06667, -68.93333
In one line
Founded in 1895 by English engineer Edmund James Palmer Norton, this Luján de Cuyo estate is among Mendoza's oldest and largest wineries. The Swarovski family acquired it in 1989, farming over 1,200 hectares.

18. Trapiche Winery

Coordinates
-32.99528, -68.7825
In one line
Founded in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Trapiche is one of Argentina's largest and most historic wineries. Its restored early-20th-century building near Maipú anchors a brand now part of Grupo Peñaflor, exported to over 40 countries.

19. Lagarde Winery

Coordinates
-32.97444, -68.86583
In one line
Established in 1897 in Luján de Cuyo, Lagarde is one of Mendoza's oldest wineries, still working vines planted in 1906. Owned by the Pescarmona family since 1969, it was ranked among the world's best wineries by Forbes in 2025.

20. Terrazas de los Andes

Coordinates
-33.005, -68.93
In one line
Founded in 1996 by Moët Hennessy and housed in a restored 1895 winery in Luján de Cuyo, Terrazas de los Andes matches each grape to its ideal altitude. It co-created the acclaimed Cheval des Andes with Château Cheval Blanc.

21. Argentina Wine Route

Coordinates
-32.99, -68.86
In one line
The Argentina Wine Route is a roughly 2,000-kilometre belt of wine country linking Mendoza, Salta, San Juan and Patagonia. With about 2,000 wineries open to visitors, it draws over a million wine tourists each year through Andean vineyards.

22. Aconcagua

Coordinates
-32.65306, -70.01167
In one line
Aconcagua rises 6,967 meters in Mendoza Province, the highest peak in the Americas and outside Asia. An extinct stratovolcano in the Andes, it draws climbers from across the world toward its windswept summit.

23. Aconcagua Provincial Park

Coordinates
-32.76389, -69.79583
In one line
Aconcagua Provincial Park protects more than 70,000 hectares of high Andes around the Americas' tallest peak. Created in 1983, it shelters condors, guanacos, and pumas across valleys, glaciers, and the Horcones lagoon in Mendoza Province.

24. Puente del Inca

Coordinates
-32.82662, -69.9111
In one line
Puente del Inca is a natural stone arch over the Las Cuevas River in Mendoza Province, stained vivid yellow and orange by mineral hot springs. Beside it stand the ruins of a thermal spa destroyed by an avalanche in 1965.

25. Uspallata

Coordinates
-32.56667, -69.31667
In one line
Uspallata is a high mountain village in Mendoza Province, 2,039 meters up on the old route to Chile. Surrounded by Andean peaks, it holds the egg-shaped Las Bóvedas kilns, ancient petroglyphs, and a long history of crossings and mining.

26. Potrerillos

Coordinates
-32.95, -69.183
In one line
Potrerillos is a mountain resort village south of Mendoza, set above a turquoise reservoir formed by a 116-meter dam completed in 2003 on the Mendoza River. It draws weekenders for rafting, hiking, and watersports against an Andean backdrop.

27. Cacheuta Thermal Spa

Coordinates
-33.03, -69.1
In one line
Cacheuta Thermal Spa sits in a canyon of the Mendoza River, fed by natural hot springs in the Andean foothills. A luxurious 1904 resort was swept away by a flood in 1934; today pools, mud baths, and a surviving campanile draw bathers.

28. Metrotranvía Mendoza

Coordinates
-32.89056, -68.85028
In one line
The Metrotranvía is Mendoza's light rail line, opened in 2012 along a former railway corridor. Running about 17 kilometers through 26 stations from Las Heras to Maipú, the Green Line links the metropolitan area with quiet electric trams.

29. Godoy Cruz

Coordinates
-32.91667, -68.83333
In one line
Godoy Cruz is a busy southern neighbour of Mendoza city, named in 1909 for the patriot Tomás Godoy Cruz. Once wine warehouses and railway sidings, it now blends industry, parks, and a beloved Primera División football club.

30. Guaymallén

Coordinates
-32.89, -68.79
In one line
Guaymallén is Mendoza's most populous department, founded in 1858 just east of the capital. A patchwork of 21 districts, it is a workshop of food and sweets, busy markets, and the wide irrigated farmland that feeds the metropolis.

31. Las Heras

Coordinates
-32.85, -68.82
In one line
Las Heras spreads north of Mendoza city toward the mountains, named for the independence general Juan Gregorio de las Heras. An industrious department of nearly 200,000 people, it climbs into the Andean foothills, the El Challao hills, and their hot springs.

32. Maipú

Coordinates
-32.97, -68.75
In one line
Maipú sits at the heart of a famous wine-growing region southeast of Mendoza city, its name echoing the independence battle of 1818. Vineyards, olive groves, historic bodegas, and a wine museum draw visitors into the cradle of Argentine winemaking.

33. Luján de Cuyo

Coordinates
-32.998, -68.873
In one line
Luján de Cuyo rises southwest of Mendoza city, high-altitude home of Argentina's first protected wine appellation, declared in 1993. Its alluvial vineyards around 1,000 metres produce the country's most celebrated Malbec, framed by the Andes.

34. Chacras de Coria

Coordinates
-32.98333, -68.87778
In one line
Chacras de Coria is a leafy, easygoing town within Luján de Cuyo, a few kilometres from Mendoza city. Sitting in a green oasis at around 900 metres, it draws weekenders with its cafés, plazas, wineries, and a cherished antiques fair.

35. Greater Mendoza

Coordinates
-32.89, -68.84
In one line
Greater Mendoza is the metropolitan sprawl around the provincial capital, Argentina's fourth-largest urban area. Six departments, from Capital to Luján de Cuyo, fuse into one wine-country conurbation of over a million people, laced with irrigation channels beneath the Andes.

36. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza

Coordinates
-32.895, -68.855
In one line
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza, founded in 1908, is the city's black-and-white football club nicknamed the Lobo. It plays at the Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, a working-class shrine to one of the region's most beloved players.

37. Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia

Coordinates
-32.91, -68.835
In one line
Independiente Rivadavia, founded in 1913 and known as the Azul, is Mendoza's dark-blue football club. From the Estadio Bautista Gargantini it reached the top flight and lifted the 2025 Copa Argentina, one of the province's proudest sporting moments.

38. Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba

Coordinates
-32.9167, -68.8333
In one line
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, founded in 1921, is Mendoza's most successful top-flight club, nicknamed the Tomba after a historic winery. It finished second in Argentina's 2017 to 2018 league season.

39. Estadio Mendocino de Hockey

Coordinates
-32.892, -68.878
In one line
The Estadio Mendocino de Hockey, opened in 2013 inside General San Martín Park, is Argentina's largest field hockey stadium. Built for the Women's Pan American Cup, its water-based turf has hosted top international tournaments beneath the Andes.

40. Nicolino Locche Stadium

Coordinates
-32.913, -68.837
In one line
The Nicolino Locche Stadium honors Mendoza's greatest boxer, the world light welterweight champion nicknamed The Untouchable. A municipal sports center for basketball and indoor games, it keeps alive the memory of a defensive genius born nearby in 1939.

41. Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport

Coordinates
-32.83167, -68.79278
In one line
Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport, known as El Plumerillo, is Mendoza's main gateway northeast of the city. Sharing its grounds with a military air base, it links the wine capital to Argentina and South America beneath the Andes.

42. Mendoza Province

Coordinates
-32.89861, -68.84639
In one line
Mendoza Province, in western Argentina, runs from the high Andes and towering Aconcagua to dry eastern plains. Home to over two million people and most of the nation's wine, it is irrigated by Andean meltwater and famed for Malbec.

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