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(San Jerónimo s/n; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri)
A chilling testament to the excesses of Ar-
gentina's military dictatorship, this museum occupies a space formerly used as a clandes-
tine center for detention and torture. It was operated by the dreaded Department of Intel-
ligence (D2), a special division created in Córdoba dedicated to the kidnap and torture of
suspected political agitators and the 'reassignment' of their children to less politically
suspect families.
The space itself is stark and unembellished, and the walls are covered with enlarged
photographs of people who are still 'missing' after 30 years. There's not much joy here,
but the museum stands as a vital reminder of an era that human-rights groups hope will
never be forgotten.
Museo Histórico Provincial
Marqués de Sobremonte
MUSEUM
( 0351-433-1661; Rosario de Santa Fe 218; admission AR$10; 10:30am-3pm Mon-Fri)
It's
worth dropping into this museum, one of the most important historical museums in the
country, if only to see the colonial house it occupies: an 18th-century home that once be-
longed to Rafael Núñez, the colonial governor of Córdoba and later viceroy of the Río de
la Plata. It has 26 rooms, seven interior patios, meter-thick walls and an impressive
wrought-iron balcony supported by carved wooden brackets.
Cripta Jesuítica
MUSEUM
(cnr Rivera Indarte & Av Colón; admission AR$5; 10am-3pm Mon-Fri)
Built at the beginning of
the 18th century by the Jesuits, the Cripta Jesuítica was originally designed as a novitiate
and later converted to a crypt and crematorium. Abandoned after the Jesuit expulsion, it
was demolished and buried around 1829 when the city, while expanding Av Colón,
knocked the roof into the subterranean naves and built over the entire structure. It re-
mained all but forgotten until 1989 when Telecom, while laying underground telephone
cable, accidentally ran into it.
The city, with a new outlook on such treasures, exquisitely restored the crypt and uses
it regularly for musical and theatrical performances and art exhibits. Entrances lie on
either side of Av Colón in the middle of the Rivera Indarte pedestrian mall.
Museo Municipal de Bellas
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