Argentina Guide
The Northwest
The cathedral
Address: España 537
Towering over the northern side of the Plaza 9 de Julio, and mirrored in the innocuous plate-glass building next door, the brightly painted cathedral dates from 1882, the city's third centenary year. It's an Italianate Neoclassical pile of the kind found all over the region, with some well-executed interior frescoes – the one of the Four Apostles around the cupola is particularly fine. Inside, and immediately to the left of the entrance, is the grandiose Panteón de los Héroes del Norte, where local liberator General Güemes is buried. The Capilla del Señor del Milagro and Capilla de la Virgen del Milagro, at the far end of the left and right aisles respectively, house the sacred images that are the centrepieces of major celebrations every September.