Plaza San Martín, Córdoba

Plaza San Martín (translatable into English as San Martín Square) is a green space located in the downtown of the Argentinian city of Córdoba.

Established in 1577,[1] during the colonial era it was the place where fairs and patron saint or civic festivals and even bullfights were held.

In 1901, the Franco-Argentinian landscape designer Carlos León Thays designed the landscaping with several species of plants.

Since 1916, José de San Martín, the Argentinian liberator, has had a bronze equestrian monument that sits on a base decorated with bronze bas-reliefs that remember the liberation campaigns.

[1][2] Plaza San Martín has a valuable building environment in which buildings from the time of the Spanish colonial era (like the Cathedral and the Cabildo) stand out,[1][2] as well as buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries.