Museum of the Virgin of Itatí

Located on the corner of 25 de Mayo and Obispo Luis María Niella
Tel. 03783-493103
Open Mondays through Sundays from 8 to 12 a.m.
and from 3 to 6p.m.

This museum occupies a colonial style building dating from 1811. It comprases a single very large hall devoted to sacred art. Exhibits include a polychrome wooden image of Christ of patience dating from the 17th century, a lying figure of Christ with articulated arns dating from the same period carved in wood by the Guaraní Indians, and a Cross of the Good Thief from the Jesuitical Guaraní school dating from the 18th century. Its most treasured image is one of the Virgin of Itatí whose hands and face are carved in walnut wood while its body is carved in timbó wood. This image has been here since the foundation of the town in 1615.

Itatí
Itatí lies 68 km. away from the city of Corrientes and one can get there from the provincial capital by travelling down national route No. 12 up to its intersection with provincial route No. 20 where Itatí is located.