Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Catholic basilica in central Córdoba, Argentina.

Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Merced is a Catholic church in downtown Córdoba featuring three naves arranged in a cross shape. The interior displays rectangular columns flanking the side aisles, while the main nave rises under a barrel vault decorated with colorful patterns.

The site originated as the Mercedarian Monastery of San Laurentius, approved in 1601. Its current facade was completed in 1869 by Italian architects Bettoli and Kanepa.

The basilica's name refers to Mary of the Ransom of Captives, the Mercedarian devotion to freeing prisoners. The monastery of San Lorenzo Mártir served as the order's house of formation, where many priests were trained, and the bishops of Córdoba called the church "the confessional of Córdoba."

The basilica stands at the corner of the historic centre, a short walk from the Jesuit Block; its main portal faces the street and is the usual entrance. The side aisles and the crossing dome are best seen from inside the nave, where the 1776 pulpit and the late-18th-century altar stand near the choir. Allow time to look up at the barrel vault and the drum of the dome.

The cedar-wood main portal, carved for the third church, is often passed without a glance: it is the work of Paraguayan cedar, as is the baroque pulpit of 1776, whose carving the bishops' city compared to nothing but Jujuy Cathedral. The late-18th-century altar also survives from earlier churches.