Sights in La Rioja
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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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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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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 wallhangings colored with plant extracts) and winemaking. The lagar (stretched leather used for treading the grapes) is quite a sight, as is the room that deals with mythology, including a demanding series of rituals required to sell your soul to the devil hereabouts. The informative guided tour is excellent if your Spanish is up to it.
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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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Museo Inca Huasi
A couple of blocks from the plaza, this curious museum, run by monks, has a notable collection of pre-Columbian ceramics from the region from a number of different cultures.
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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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Escuela Normal de Maestros
The neoclassical Escuela Normal de Maestros, the teachers' school situated on Pelagio Luna, dates from 1884.
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