Saint Roch Church, Catholic church in Córdoba, Argentina

Saint Roch Church stands on the site of the old San Roque chapel in the historic centre of Córdoba, with a single-tower facade facing a small square. Its sober classical lines recall Tuscan style, and massive stone buttresses support the vaults. A side cloister toward the centre of the block housed the nuns of El Huerto, who cared for the sick.

The church was built between 1760 and 1761 on the site of the old San Roque chapel and was consecrated to Saint Roch in 1765. Bishop Diego Salguero y Cabrera and other donors funded it during the Spanish colonial period, and the adjoining hospital opened in 1800. The complex was declared a National Historic Monument on 28 October 1941, and structural restoration began in 2015.

The church was consecrated to Saint Roch in 1765, four years after construction ended, and now forms part of Córdoba's circuit of historic churches. A side cloister toward the centre of the block housed the nuns of El Huerto, who cared for the sick. Inside, look for the pulpit carved in wood with gilded plant motifs on a red ground, showing indigenous reminiscences.

The church stands facing a small plaza and shares its block with the old Hospital San Roque, so both can be seen on one stop. The building was declared a National Historic Monument in 1941 and showed serious structural damage by 2007; structural restoration began in 2015, so parts may be closed off.

The stone buttresses that carry the vaults look like a response to a slope, but the ground is level: they come from corrections to the original design. In the tower's upper section and the espadaña, a toothed cornice runs along the edge.