Since its very beginning, Córdoba has been considered a multifaceted city able to build its own identity out of diversity, fusing its old features with the new ones: the Creoles with the European migrations, the great importance of university life, evangelization, and the Jesuit imprint. Is there any other city which offers electronic music in a pub located just meters away from the Jesuit Ruins? Córdoba is a bipolar city, rebel but conservative, joyful but peaceful, humorous but clerical.

 

 

La Docta

 

With a great array of public and private universities, which all make up the educational spectrum open to the many students coming from different parts of the country and the world, Córdoba is known as “La Docta”. Córdoba needs to feel proud of having the oldest university of Argentina, which, dating more than 400 years back (it was born in 1613 under the control of Jesuit priests), is one of the first ones to appear in the Americas. Two centuries after its origin, the student movement in the city triggered the University Reform of 1918, which spread all throughout Latin America and the world, even staying half a century ahead of the emblematic protests of may 1968 in France.

 

 

Córdoba an its Bells

 

Córdoba’s downtown is the oldest and most historic neighborhood of the city. Its origin goes back to the year 1577, 4 years after the foundation of the city. There we can find most of the commercial activity available, with a valuable historical and architectural heritage. 

 

However, commercial activity is not the only thing you can find there. In the downtown’s core, there is a great number of churches that belong to the different religious orders, such as the Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, and Mercedarians. The blocks surrounding San Martín square, located at the core of the city and home of the great monument to San Martín, comprise the historical core of the city, where it is possible to witness the cultural, architectural, and historic legacy, which 

left an indelible mark on the city.

 

Right there, we can admire the Cathedral of Córdoba City, the historical Cabildo, the Discalced Carmelites church and museum, Saint Teresa church and monastery, Saint Catherine passageway, San Martín square, the legislature building, Saint Francis of Assisi church, and the Jesuit Block.

 

 

Nueva Córdoba: Tradition and Modernity

 

Strategically located between the University of Córdoba and Córdoba’s downtown, Nueva Córdoba is one of the most populous neighborhoods in Córdoba. This place is chosen by most of the students coming to “La Docta” as their place to reside. Together with the downtown, it makes up some of the most hectic economic, cultural, and entertainment areas of the city.

Its urban planning began with the design of “Parque Sarmiento” and Hipólito Yrigoyen Avenue, trying to emulate the French boulevards in Paris. In fact, some of the most luxurious facades of the first houses part of it still remain. Historical buildings such as “Paseo del Buen Pastor”, Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Capuchin parish church, Ferreyra Palace, the provincial museum of fine arts Emilio Caraffa, are all a must.