Córdoba: Argentina's Student Capital
Córdoba has the highest proportion of university students of any major Argentine city — more than 200,000 students at more than 10 universities; the student culture defines the city's nightlife, food scene, and political character
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Quartet Music
Cuarteto — a unique Cordoban popular music genre that combines Italian-immigrant melodic sensibility with cumbia rhythm — is the defining sound of Córdoba; the cuarteto scene (led by figures such as Carlos Gardel from Córdoba, La Mona Jiménez) is one of Argentina's most vibrant regional musical traditions; cuarteto bailanta (dance hall) is the authentic Cordoban night out
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Güeme's antique market
The neighborhood of Güemes – Córdoba's bohemian antiques and crafts district – has the finest antiques market in the Argentine hinterland; The Sunday Feria Artesanal has more than 200 stalls with vintage clothing, antique furniture, books and crafts; the district's converted houses, galleries and cafes make it Córdoba's most creative neighborhood
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Alta Córdoba Food
The Alta Córdoba area – built by Italian immigrants on the hills above the historic center – has Córdoba's finest Italian food tradition; the restaurants serving homemade pasta, fugazzeta (Argentine-Italian pizza) and tiramisu reflect the Italian heritage that defines much of Córdoba's middle-class food culture
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La Cañada Promenade
La Cañada — the tree-lined canal in the heart of Córdoba — is the city's most beautiful public space; the promenade along the canal, with its bridges, lampposts and surrounding restaurants, is where Córdoba families and students go and hang out; Cañada is at its most beautiful in the spring when the jacaranda trees bloom purple
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Paseo del Buen Pastor
Paseo del Buen Pastor – a cultural complex in a converted 19th-century prison on the banks of La Cañada – has galleries, designer shops, restaurants and a fountain show; the complex's combination of historic architecture and modern cultural programming is one of Córdoba's most successful urban renewal projects
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Cordobé's Accent
Cordobé's Spanish accent – with its distinctive sing-song intonation, its peculiar slang and its drawn-out vowels – is instantly recognizable to all Argentines and is a source of both pride (Cordobeses) and mild derision (the rest of Argentina); the accent is the strongest regional dialect of Argentine Spanish and defines the cultural identity of the city's inhabitants