Iglesia Santa Catalina

Buenos Aires


Santa Catalina was founded in 1745, when it became Buenos Aires’ first convent. In 1807 British troops invaded the city for the second time and took shelter in the convent for two days; despite damaging the property they didn't hurt the nuns. Today Santa Catalina is a church, and a peek inside reveals beautiful gilded works and a baroque altarpiece created by Isidro Lorea, a Spanish carver.

Transportation

  • subte: Línea B Florida

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Buenos Aires attractions

1. Galerías Pacífico

0.05 MILES

Occupying an entire city block, this beautiful building, inspired by Le Bon Marché in Paris, houses an upscale shopping center with a large food court…

3. Basílica de Santísimo Sacramento

0.27 MILES

In the shadow of the Kavanagh building is this French-style church built by the Anchorena family in 1916. Inside, check out the original tiled floor,…

5. Museo de la Policía Federal

0.28 MILES

This quirky and extensive police museum displays a whole slew of uniforms and medals, along with ‘illegal activities’ exhibits (cockfighting and gambling)…

6. Palacio Haedo

0.29 MILES

On an odd triangular block at the corner of Florida and Santa Fe, the neo-Gothic Palacio Haedo was the mansion of the Haedo family at the turn of the 19th…

7. Edificio Kavanagh

0.29 MILES

A feisty Irishwoman funded the construction of this handsome art deco–style apartment building, which was the tallest skyscraper in Latin America at the…

8. Museo Mitre

0.3 MILES

This museum is located in the colonial house where Bartolomé Mitre – Argentina’s first legitimate president elected under the constitution of 1853 –…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "argentina/buenos-aires/the-center/attractions/iglesia-santa-catalina/a/poi-sig/394489/1326774",
      "destination": "Buenos-Aires",
      "continent": "South-America",
      "country": "Argentina",
      "city": "Buenos-Aires",
      "position": "superzone"
    }