Convent of Our Lady of mercy

Located on the corner of 25 de Mayo and Buenos Aires streets
Cultural Undersecretariat Tel. No. 03783-427073
Open every day from 7 to 12 a.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.

The construction of this former convent of the Order of Our Lady of mercy was finished in 1856, and the building housed a school and a university for some time. Amongst the pieces of sacred art on exhibition there is a hand-carved wooden 19th century retable with golden inlays, an Immaculate Conception dating from 1897, a wood-carved 19th century organ and four confessionals dating from the 18th century.

Corrientes
The city of Corrientes, located on the banks of the Paraná River is the capital of the province of Corrientes- It lies 860km -Way from the Federal Capital. In order to get there from Buenos Aires, one must travel down national route No. 9 up to its intersection with national route No. 12. One must then take this route to Cross the Zarate-Brazo Largo railway complex and then carry on down it up to Corrientes. Amongst the attractions worth visiting are the convents of San Francisco (st. Francis) and de la Merced (of Mercy),covered with Carrara marble, and the church of the Holy Cross of Miracles.