Catedral de Córdoba. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

The broad steps, iron fence, twin bell towers, and large dome frame the western edge of Plaza San Martín. The towers carry the cathedral's most local detail: carved angels with Indigenous features. Inside, three naves lead toward side chapels and a silver tabernacle made in 1804. Emilio Caraffa directed the painted interior decoration completed in the early twentieth century.

Córdoba's 1577 city plan reserved this site for the Iglesia Mayor, first built in mud and thatch. Construction of a masonry church began in 1599, but collapses in 1677 and 1724 forced repeated rebuilding. Jesuit architect Andrés Blanqui took over in 1729 and shaped much of the facade and structure. The church opened without its towers in 1758, finished the bell towers in 1770, and was consecrated as a cathedral in 1784. It remains an active church, with access around services.