La Rioja Sights

  1. Casa de Joaquín V González

    One of Argentina's greatest educators, and founder of the Universidad de La Plata, lived in the Casa de Joaquín V González.

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  2. Catedral

    The enormous and spectacular neo-Byzantine 1899 Catedral contains the image of patron saint Nicolás de Bari, an object of devotion for both riojanos (people who live in La Rioja) and the inhabitants of neighboring provinces.

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  3. Convento de San Francisco

    The curious neo-Gothic Convento de San Francisco houses the image of the Niño Alcalde, a Christ-child icon symbolically recognized as the city's mayor.

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  4. Convento de Santo Domingo

    Built in 1623 by the Diaguita under the direction of Dominican friars, the picturesque Convento de Santo Domingo is Argentina's oldest monastery. The date appears in the carved algarrobo doorframe, also the work of Diaguita artists.

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  5. Escuela Normal de Maestros

    The neoclassical Escuela Normal de Maestros, the teachers' school situated on Pelagio Luna, dates from 1884.

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  7. Museo Folklórico

    The hugely worthwhile Museo Folklórico is set in a wonderful early-17th-century adobe building, and has fine displays on various aspects of the region's culture. Themes include chaya (local La Rioja music) and the Tinkunaco festival, weaving - with bright traditional wall-hangings colored with plant extracts, and winemaking.

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  8. Museo Inca Huasi

    A couple of blocks from the plaza, the curious Museo Inca Huasi, run by monks, has a notable collection of pre-Columbian ceramics from the region from a number of different cultures.

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