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Religious Art Museum Juan de Tejeda

Religious Art Museum Juan de Tejeda, Religious art museum in downtown Córdoba, Argentina.

The Religious Art Museum Juan de Tejeda occupies a former monastery building from the 1600s and displays paintings, sculptures, and religious objects across multiple rooms. The collection represents different periods and styles of religious artwork created in colonial times.

Juan de Tejeda built the first house on land donated to his father Tristán, who accompanied founder Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. In 1628 Juan founded the Monasterio de Carmelitas Descalzas and the temple of Santa Teresa; the museum occupies part of that monastery. The poet Luis José de Tejeda y Guzmán was born in this house over 400 years ago. In 2013 the city and archbishopric signed an agreement to reopen the museum after years of closure.

The collection reflects centuries of religious devotion expressed through local and colonial artistic traditions. Visitors can observe how faith shaped the way artists created objects for worship and spiritual practice.

The museum occupies the former Carmelite monastery of Santa Teresa, entered through a portal recalling Andalusian and Portuguese architecture. From the patio of the first cloister, visitors can see the towers of Córdoba Cathedral. The building reopened on 16 October 2013 under an agreement between the Municipality and the Archbishopric, which set staffing for conservation, documentation, exhibitions and guided tours.

This building once housed an early Argentine poet whose literary works helped shape the region's cultural identity. The connection to this writer adds another layer of meaning to the site beyond its role as a monastery.

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1968
Official opening
December 8, 1970
Address
Independencia 122
GPS coordinates
-31.41730,-64.18490
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