# Roots Earth in Santa Fe: audio stories about 40 places

Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/santa-fe
Published: 16 September 2026

Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Santa Fe, Argentina, in Latin America. The Santa Fe stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Santa Fe, 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 40 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.

## The 40 places in Santa Fe with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

1. Cathedral Basilica of All Saints
2. Plaza 25 de Mayo
3. Convent of San Francisco
4. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
5. Government House of Santa Fe Province
6. Puente Colgante Suspension Bridge
7. Ethnographic and Colonial Museum
8. Brigadier López Provincial Historical Museum
9. Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez Fine Arts Museum
10. Legislative Palace of Santa Fe Province
11. Municipal Theatre 1 de Mayo
12. La Redonda Art and Life Centre
13. Santa Fe (Belgrano) Railway Station
14. Santa Fe (Mitre) Railway Station
15. National University of the Littoral
16. Los Silos del Puerto
17. Costanera Riverwalk
18. Promenade of the Three Cultures
19. Uranga–Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel
20. Guadalupe Railway Station
21. Monument to the Constitution
22. Santa Fe la Vieja Archaeological Site
23. Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López
24. Estadio 15 de Abril
25. Estadio Ángel Malvicino
26. Setúbal Lagoon
27. Mercado Norte Market
28. Mercado del Progreso
29. Recoleta Quarter
30. Candioti Sur Neighbourhood
31. Barrio Sur
32. Parque del Sur
33. Parque Juan de Garay
34. Granja La Esmeralda Nature Reserve
35. Santa Fe Municipal Cemetery
36. Boca del Tigre River Beach
37. Club Atlético Colón
38. Club Atlético Unión
39. Alto Verde Island Neighbourhood
40. Santo Tomé

## Is there an audio guide for Cathedral Basilica of All Saints?

Yes. Cathedral Basilica of All Saints 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 40 Santa Fe places in the app, at -31.62989, -60.70264. Every one of the other 39 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 Santa Fe

Open Roots Earth and choose Santa Fe. The city has its own map of places with all 40 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.

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**In full**

All 40 places in Santa Fe, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

## All 40 places in Santa Fe, 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. Cathedral Basilica of All Saints

- Coordinates: -31.62989, -60.70264
- In one line: The mother church of the Santa Fe archdiocese rises on the old colonial square. Its twin-towered Italian neoclassical facade dates from the 1830s, while the parish itself traces back to the city's founding in 1573.

### 2. Plaza 25 de Mayo

- Coordinates: -31.62951, -60.70188
- In one line: The colonial main square of Santa Fe, central to the city since it was rebuilt at this site in the seventeenth century. Ringed by the cathedral, the government house, and historic museums, it remains the civic and ceremonial heart of the capital.

### 3. Convent of San Francisco

- Coordinates: -31.63197, -60.70152
- In one line: Founded by Franciscans in 1673 and completed in 1688, this is among Argentina's oldest buildings.

### 4. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

- Coordinates: -31.61083, -60.69472
- In one line: A monumental neo-Gothic shrine begun in 1904 and inaugurated in 1910, dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz; the city's patron saint is San Jerónimo. Its venerated image, found in a Mercedarian convent in 1747, draws thousands of pilgrims each year in the weeks after Easter.

### 5. Government House of Santa Fe Province

- Coordinates: -31.62694, -60.70083
- In one line: The seat of the Santa Fe provincial executive, built between 1908 and 1917 by the Italian architect Francisco Ferrari. Its eclectic Second Empire facade and twin interior courtyards rose on the site of the demolished colonial town hall, the cabildo.

### 6. Puente Colgante Suspension Bridge

- Coordinates: -31.64008, -60.68133
- In one line: An emblematic suspension bridge over the Setúbal lagoon, built from 1924 and opened in 1928 by the engineer Marcial Rafael Candioti. Partially destroyed by the 1983 flood, it was rehabilitated in September 2002 as a city symbol.

### 7. Ethnographic and Colonial Museum

- Coordinates: -31.63139, -60.70139
- In one line: Created in 1941 and opened in 1952, this neocolonial museum on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas honors the city's founder, Juan de Garay. It displays indigenous and colonial artifacts, including scale models and finds from the ruins of the original Santa Fe.

### 8. Brigadier López Provincial Historical Museum

- Coordinates: -31.63083, -60.70222
- In one line: Housed in the colonial Casa de Diez de Andino, one of Argentina's oldest surviving homes, this provincial history museum honors caudillo-governor Estanislao López. Whitewashed adobe walls, low galleries, and shaded patios frame centuries of Santa Fe's past.

### 9. Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez Fine Arts Museum

- Coordinates: -31.64028, -60.70639
- In one line: Santa Fe's provincial fine-arts museum opened in 1922, gifted to the province by Martín Rodríguez Galisteo and named for his mother. Facing Plaza Pringles, it holds a major regional collection of 19th and 20th century Argentine art.

### 10. Legislative Palace of Santa Fe Province

- Coordinates: -31.62583, -60.70028
- In one line: Seat of Santa Fe's provincial legislature, this eclectic palace on Plaza Pringles was designed by architect Roberto Tiphaine and built by Juan Beltrame between 1910 and 1914. A symmetrical body houses both legislative chambers around a central hall.

### 11. Municipal Theatre 1 de Mayo

- Coordinates: -31.6325, -60.70333
- In one line: Santa Fe's principal historic stage opened on October 5, 1905, with Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda. Designed by architect Juan Augusto Plou in an eclectic, Italian-style horseshoe plan, it crowns its facade with a sculptural group and shelters a painted ceiling within.

### 12. La Redonda Art and Life Centre

- Coordinates: -31.62361, -60.69972
- In one line: A vast semicircular railway roundhouse, once the locomotive repair shop of Santa Fe's rail yards, reborn in 2010 as a cultural centre. Its 60-metre brick crown, radiating tracks, and central turntable now shelter art, science, and play.

### 13. Santa Fe (Belgrano) Railway Station

- Coordinates: -31.6375, -60.6872
- In one line: Opened in 1928 by the state-owned Central Northern Railway, this Belgrano-line station sits 468 kilometres from Buenos Aires. Closed to passengers in 1993, it was refurbished around 2010 into a convention centre and civic venue.

### 14. Santa Fe (Mitre) Railway Station

- Coordinates: -31.6542, -60.7242
- In one line: Built by the British-owned Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway in 1889 and inaugurated in 1891, this Mitre-line station served Santa Fe for over a century. Closed to trains since 2007, it now hosts the city's street fairs and cultural events.

### 15. National University of the Littoral

- Coordinates: -31.63444, -60.70528
- In one line: Founded in 1919 in the wake of Argentina's University Reform, the National University of the Littoral became the country's first regional university. Centered in Santa Fe, it serves the Paraná river provinces and today teaches more than 35000 students.

### 16. Los Silos del Puerto

- Coordinates: -31.62833, -60.69556
- In one line: Once towering grain silos at Santa Fe's river port, these concrete cylinders were reborn in 2008 as the Los Silos hotel and casino. The industrial monument of the grain-export era now anchors the city's redeveloped waterfront and nightlife.

### 17. Costanera Riverwalk

- Coordinates: -31.61556, -60.69694
- In one line: Santa Fe's riverside promenade runs along the Setúbal lagoon, a beloved strip of beaches, rowing clubs, bars, and open water. First shaped from the 1940s, the Costanera remains the city's favorite place to walk, cycle, and watch the river.

### 18. Promenade of the Three Cultures

- Coordinates: -31.62694, -60.69861
- In one line: A contemporary public space in Santa Fe's historic core, the Promenade of the Three Cultures honors the indigenous, Spanish, and African roots of the city. It draws together the colonial San Francisco convent and the provincial history and ethnographic museums.

### 19. Uranga–Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel

- Coordinates: -31.70139, -60.50361
- In one line: Opened in 1969, this pioneering tunnel runs beneath the Paraná River to link Santa Fe and Entre Ríos provinces. Built from immersed tube sections, the roughly 2400-meter crossing was a landmark of Argentine engineering and once the first of its kind in the country.

### 20. Guadalupe Railway Station

- Coordinates: -31.61222, -60.69333
- In one line: Opened in 1908 on the line from San Cristóbal, the Guadalupe railway station served the northern reaches of Santa Fe. Restored in 2011 to anchor a short-lived urban train, it survives as a relic of the city's railway age.

### 21. Monument to the Constitution

- Coordinates: -31.61806, -60.69528
- In one line: Rising beside the Santa Fe River, the Monument to the Constitution honors the 1853 charter drafted in this city. Its first stage, inaugurated in 2014, raises three columns 16 meters high for the three powers of the state within a 17-hectare commemorative park.

### 22. Santa Fe la Vieja Archaeological Site

- Coordinates: -31.41667, -60.33333
- In one line: At Cayastá, on the Río San Javier, lie the excavated ruins of the city Juan de Garay founded in 1573 and abandoned in 1660. Streets, churches, and graves reveal one of the earliest planned towns in the Río de la Plata.

### 23. Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López

- Coordinates: -31.66322, -60.72539
- In one line: Home of Club Atlético Colón, this stadium opened on July 9, 1946, and holds more than 30,000 fans. Known as the Elephants' Graveyard, it once saw Colón beat Pelé's Santos and now anchors the rojinegro half of Santa Fe.

### 24. Estadio 15 de Abril

- Coordinates: -31.63194, -60.71583
- In one line: Home of Club Atlético Unión, this stadium opened on April 28, 1929, and seats around 29,000. Named for the club's founding date, it staged Santa Fe's first night match in 1931 and remains the heart of the tatengue half of the city.

### 25. Estadio Ángel Malvicino

- Coordinates: -31.63, -60.71
- In one line: Opened on May 20, 1998, this indoor arena belongs to Club Atlético Unión and seats up to about 7,000. Named for the club president who donated it, it hosts basketball, volleyball, and the 2002 men's volleyball World Championship.

### 26. Setúbal Lagoon

- Coordinates: -31.61, -60.67
- In one line: A vast lagoon in the Paraná floodplain beside Santa Fe, the Setúbal stretches across roughly 92 square kilometers. Framed by the Costanera promenades and crossed by the suspension bridge, it draws rowers, swimmers, birdwatchers, and walkers to the city's eastern waterfront.

### 27. Mercado Norte Market

- Coordinates: -31.62028, -60.70889
- In one line: Opened in 1929 with 87 stalls to feed a growing immigrant city, this municipal market closed in 2007 and reopened around 2010 after a European-funded restoration. Today it mixes food stalls, shops, and gastronomy beside Plaza Constituyentes.

### 28. Mercado del Progreso

- Coordinates: -31.635, -60.70472
- In one line: Inaugurated on January 31, 1925, in the Candioti neighborhood near boulevard Gálvez, this market opened with around 100 stalls. It closed in 1960, stood abandoned for decades, and reopened after 2011 as a cultural space for art and community.

### 29. Recoleta Quarter

- Coordinates: -31.63889, -60.70889
- In one line: Recoleta is one of Santa Fe's most elegant quarters, framed by the leafy Boulevard Gálvez. Old mansions stand beside modern blocks, and in recent years its bars, pubs and clubs have made it a magnet for the city's nightlife.

### 30. Candioti Sur Neighbourhood

- Coordinates: -31.645, -60.7
- In one line: Candioti Sur is one of Santa Fe's oldest and most picturesque quarters, born early in the 20th century when landowner Marcial Candioti subdivided his estate. With its neighbor Candioti Norte it forms the city's leading gastronomic district, home to roughly 110 eateries.

### 31. Barrio Sur

- Coordinates: -31.65, -60.715
- In one line: Barrio Sur is Santa Fe's southern quarter and its oldest core. In the 19th century, during the struggles over federalism and autonomy, the city was essentially this neighborhood. It still holds the historic center close, ringed by river and lagoon.

### 32. Parque del Sur

- Coordinates: -31.65167, -60.71306
- In one line: Officially Parque General Manuel Belgrano, this green expanse in southern Santa Fe is known to all as Parque del Sur.

### 33. Parque Juan de Garay

- Coordinates: -31.64556, -60.70639
- In one line: Parque Juan de Garay is the green heart of western Santa Fe, spanning roughly 30 hectares of lawns and lakes. Inaugurated in 1939 on land that was a cemetery until 1904, it is one of the places in the city honoring its founder.

### 34. Granja La Esmeralda Nature Reserve

- Coordinates: -31.595, -60.705
- In one line: Granja La Esmeralda, officially the Estación Zoológica Experimental, is a center for the rescue, breeding and study of native wildlife. Home to more than 70 species and opened to the public in 1983, it draws over 80,000 visitors a year, many of them schoolchildren.

### 35. Santa Fe Municipal Cemetery

- Coordinates: -31.64833, -60.71667
- In one line: Santa Fe Municipal Cemetery, opened in 1892 on the city's then-distant edge, holds centuries-old mausoleums for the city's leading families. Declared an open-air museum in 2012, it also contains separate Latin Jewish and British burial sections.

### 36. Boca del Tigre River Beach

- Coordinates: -31.6, -60.665
- In one line: A riverside spot on the southern edge of Santa Fe where the city meets the water. Locals gather here to fish, walk, and watch the Paraná drift past, a green threshold between streets and the open river floodplain.

### 37. Club Atlético Colón

- Coordinates: -31.66306, -60.72528
- In one line: Founded in 1905, Club Atlético Colón is one of Santa Fe's two great football clubs, the red-and-black Sabalero side. Its stadium, nicknamed the Elephant Graveyard, holds around 40,000 and stages a fierce derby against Unión.

### 38. Club Atlético Unión

- Coordinates: -31.63194, -60.71556
- In one line: Founded in 1907, Club Atlético Unión is the red-and-white striped Tatengue, one of Santa Fe's two football giants. Its ground, the Estadio 15 de Abril, recalls the club's founding date and stages a passionate derby against rivals Colón.

### 39. Alto Verde Island Neighbourhood

- Coordinates: -31.665, -60.66
- In one line: An island neighborhood across the water from Santa Fe's port, Alto Verde grew from a community of fishermen and dockworkers. Strung along a narrow strip between lagoon and streams, it remains a riverside world apart, proud and resilient.

### 40. Santo Tomé

- Coordinates: -31.66667, -60.76667
- In one line: Across the Salado river from the capital, Santo Tomé is Santa Fe's western twin. Recognized as a town in 1872 and a city since 1962, it grew through private initiative beside the river, linked to its larger neighbor by the historic Puente Carretero.

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