Sights in Corrientes
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Museo de Artesanías Tradicionales Folclóricas
This intriguing museum is set in a converted colonial house with an interior courtyard. There are two small displays of fine traditional artesanía as well as a good shop selling craft products, but the highlight is watching students being taught to work leather, silver, bone and wood by master craftspeople. Other rooms around the courtyard are occupied by working artisans who will sell to you directly. The museum guides are enthusiastic and friendly.
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Historical Murals
The eastern side of Calle San Juan, between Plácido Martínez and Quintana, has a series of striking Historical Murals, extending more than 100m around the corner onto Quintana. These very attractive works chronicle the city's history since colonial times; full marks to the council. There's also a monument honoring Corrientes' substantial Italian community.
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Museo Histórico de Corrientes
This museum is set around an attractive patio and exhibits weapons, antique furniture, coins and items dealing with religious and civil history. It’s a little bit higgledy-piggledy, but staff are proud of the exhibition and keen to chat. The room on the War of the Triple Alliance is the most interesting.
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Convento de San Francisco
This colonial monastery dates from the city’s founding, and was beautifully restored in 1939. The small colonnade is modelled on Bernini’s at St Peter’s in Rome, and the monastery has its own museum, the Museo Francisco, with religious art and artefacts.
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Teatro Juan de Vera
The Teatro Juan de Vera is a striking belle epoque building; ask at the ticket office if you can have a peek inside to see the beautiful treble-galleried theater and its painted ceiling. The cupola retracts when management fancies a starlit performance.
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Museo de Bellas Artes
This museum is as interesting for the old house it occupies as for the artworks. The two front rooms have an eclectic permanent collection; the temporary exhibitions by young local artists tend to be avant-garde.
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Museo Francisco
The Convento de San Francisco has its own museum, the Museo Francisco, with religious art and artefacts.
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