Metropolitan Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in , the capital city of . It is located in the city center, overlooking , on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia streets, in the .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 7:30 AM—6:30 PM
    Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 9:00 AM—6:30 PM
  • Email: catedralbuenosaires@catedralbuenosaires.org.ar
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: cathedral in Argentina
  • Also known as: “Buenos Aires Cathedral”, “Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral”, “Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad”, “Catedral Metropolitana”, and “Metropolitan Kathedrale”
  • Address: 27 San Martín, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1004AAA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Casa Rosada and Pyramid of May.

Government office
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The , lit. 'the pink house', is the president of the Argentine Republic's official workplace, located in . The palatial mansion is known officially as Casa de Gobierno. is situated 280 metres east of Metropolitan Cathedral.

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
The Pirámide de Mayo, located at the hub of the , is the oldest national monument in the City of Buenos Aires. Its construction was ordered in 1811 by the Primera Junta to celebrate the first anniversary of the May Revolution. is situated 140 metres southeast of Metropolitan Cathedral.

Historic building
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the public building in the city of , , that was used as a seat of the town council during the colonial era and the government house of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. is situated 150 metres south of Metropolitan Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Microcentro.

Photo: Roger Schultz, CC BY 2.0.
The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Quarter
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The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Suburb
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The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Metropolitan Cathedral

Latitude
-34.60748° or 34° 36′ 27″ south
Longitude
-58.37325° or 58° 22′ 24″ west
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Inception
1605
Levels
1
Height
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
48Q39JVG+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265344159
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
6957101
Wiki­data ID
Q967929
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Metropolitan Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բուենոս Այրեսի Մայր տաճար”
  • Basque: “Buenos Airesko Metropolitar Katedrala”
  • Catalan: “Catedral metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Chinese: “布宜诺斯艾利斯主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “布宜诺斯艾利斯都主教座堂”
  • Czech: “buenosaireská metropolitní katedrála”
  • Czech: “metropolitní katedrála v Buenos Aires”
  • Danish: “Buenos Aires Metropolitan Katedral”
  • Danish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Dutch: “Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه بوينس آيرس متروبوليتان”
  • Esperanto: “Metropola Katedralo de Bonaero”
  • Finnish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • French: “cathédrale métropolitaine de Buenos Aires”
  • French: “Cathédrale métropolitaine de Buenos Aires”
  • Galician: “Catedral metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • German: “Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Greek: “Μητροπολιτικός Καθεδρικός Ναός του Μπουένος Άιρες”
  • Hungarian: “Buenos Aries-i főszékesegyház”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Buenos Aires”
  • Italian: “cattedrale Metropolitana di Buenos Aires”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale metropolitana di Buenos Aires”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale Metropolitana”
  • Japanese: “ブエノスアイレス・メトロポリタン大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “ブエノスアイレス大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “ブエノスアイレス首都司教座聖堂”
  • Korean: “부에노스아이레스 대성당”
  • Lithuanian: “Buenos Airių metropolinė katedra”
  • Lithuanian: “Buenos Airių Metropolinė katedra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Catedrau Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع کلانشهر بوینس آیرس”
  • Polish: “katedra w Buenos Aires”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Russian: “кафедральный собор Буэнос-Айреса”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор Буэнос-Айреса”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор”
  • Slovenian: “Metropolitanska stolnica v Buenos Airesu”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Buenos Aires”
  • Spanish: “Catedral metropolitana de Buenos Aires”
  • Spanish: “catedral primada de Buenos Aires”
  • Spanish: “Catedral sede de la Arquidiocesis de Buenos Aires”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Buenos Aires”
  • Tagalog: “Metropolitanong Katedral ng Buenos Aires”
  • Turkish: “Buenos Aires Metropoliten Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “кафедральний собор Буенос-Айреса”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафедральний собор Буенос-Айреса”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Buenos Aires”

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