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The Cathedral of Córdoba (Our Lady of the Assumption; Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) is the colonial cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina, and the oldest church in continuous service in Argentina. This ecclesiastical temple is the oldest intact and functional colonial construction in Argentina. Thus, this building is one of the most valuable architectural heritage in Argentina. For these reasons it is a National Historic Monument, three blocks from th…

Paseo del Buen Pastor is a cultural, recreational and commercial center in Córdoba, Argentina. Overview A charitable project organized by the city and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers, the establishment of a women's jail, was completed by architect José Montblanch in 1906. The drab structure was overshadowed, however, by architect Augusto Ferrari's Church of the Sacred Heart, a Gothic Revival landmark built between 1926 and 1934. The lowly building, set amid the…

The Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, formerly known as Estadio Córdoba, is a stadium in the Chateau Carreras neighborhood of Córdoba, Argentina. Owned by the Córdoba Province, the venue is used mostly for association football and rugby union matches and also sometimes for athletics. The stadium was built in 1976 in preparation for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, with a capacity for 37,851 spectators although it doesn't provide seating for all of them, like many Argentine stadiums. Most football teams in C…

Julio César Villagra Stadium, nicknamed El Gigante de Alberdi, is a football stadium located in Barrio Alberdi in Córdoba, Argentina. Inaugurated on 17 March 1929, it is the home ground of Club Atlético Belgrano. and has a capacity of 35,000 people. The stadium was named after Julio César Villagra (1961–1993), one of the greatest idols of the club, who played for Belgrano from 1982 to 1993, when he died after committing suicide. History The idea to build a stadium came up in 1927 after an initi…

The Orfeo Superdome is an indoor sports arena that is located in Córdoba, Argentina. The arena is primarily used to host basketball, volleyball, boxing, and tennis events. It's also the host venue for most concerts in Córdoba. The seating capacity of the arena is 14,000 people for sports, and 8,000 to 12,000 people for concerts. History Orfeo Superdome's opening was on 6 September 2002, with a concert by rock band Divididos. On 24 January 2010, Orfeo Superdome hosted a concert by Metallica, whi…

The Argentine National Observatory, today the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba, was founded on 24 October 1871, by Argentine president Domingo F. Sarmiento and the North American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould. History Its creation was the beginning of astronomical studies in Argentina. When President Domingo F. Sarmiento was representing his country in the United States, he had the opportunity to meet pioneering astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould, who was very interested in traveling to Ar…

The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA), officially Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martín" S.A., is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded on 10 October 1927 and located in Córdoba, for most of its existence it was known as Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA), until its privatization in the 1990s to Lockheed Martin. In 2009 the concession ended and the company is now wholly owned by the Argentine government. History Formed on 10 October 1927 and on 18 July 1928 ends the co…

The Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, also known as Monumental de Alta Córdoba is a stadium in Córdoba, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 26,000 of which 13,000 are seated and was opened in 1951. It is named after the former Argentine president Juan Perón who loaned the club $1.5 million during the late 1940s to help build the stadium. The debt was then written off by Arturo Frondizi in 1959. Before the death of Perón in 1974 the …