Iglesia de los Capuchinos, Neo-Gothic church in Nueva Cordoba, Argentina.
Iglesia de los Capuchinos is a Neo-Gothic place of worship in Nueva Córdoba with two distinct towers, one incomplete and the other rising 70 meters high. The facade displays detailed sculptures while seventy columns of different types run throughout the structure.
Work began in 1926, making this the first reinforced concrete church building in Argentina. Construction was completed in 1934, though one tower remained unfinished for technical reasons.
The name "Capuchinos" comes from the Capuchin missionaries who arrived in Córdoba in 1911, distinguished by their hoods, and served the parish of the Good Shepherd Sisters before the church was built. The vaults are painted with golden stars reproducing the night sky of Córdoba month by month, and works of art depict the life of Saint Francis of Assisi.
The main door opens on Obispo Oro at the corner with Buenos Aires, in Nueva Córdoba. The two entrances are framed by statues of Moses and John the Baptist, so look up before going in. The right-hand tower is the truncated one, the left rises over 70 metres.
Among the seventy columns, twenty-four smooth ones represent strength and faith while the rest carry different decorations. Animal figures on the facade shift from negative to positive symbols as they climb from bottom to top.
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