After Brazil, Argentina is the second biggest country in South America. Buenos Aires is the capital of the nation and the center of all the cultural, political and economic activities. Cordoba is the second largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires; this city is the capital of Cordoba Province. This city is home to the oldest university in Argentina “ Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Cordoba is very famous amongst tourists due to many attractions offered by this city like many museums and religious and historic sites including Museo Historico Provincial Marques de Sobre Monte, Museo Caraffa and Museo Superior de bella Artes Evita, religious sites include Manzana Jesuitica and Catedral and many more.
Taking flights to Cordoba a well-developed city with many hotels and restaurants to satisfy the accommodation needs of tourists and visitors will surely be a pleasure. Transport system of the city includes buses, taxis, Trains and trolleybuses and a project of a high-speed train is also in progress. The third largest airport in Argentina Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport serves this city. This airport serves for many international flights to Argentina as well as many domestic flights to Cordoba.
Cordoba is considered as one of the culturally richest city in Argentina. Many festivals are celebrated during the year out of which the most fascinating and entertaining one is the Carnival. During this carnival there is a tradition of throwing water filled balloons on each other, sometimes colors are also added in those balloons making it a more colorful game, people enjoy this game. On September 21st another festival is held in the city known as the Spring day festival, it is mostly celebrated by the young people who go to parks and theaters with their friends and at night go to discos and enjoy dancing etc or you can say it is a kind of friend ship day.
Main industries of Cordoba involve car manufacturing industry, railway manufacturing, aircraft construction, and chemical and textile industry. Cordoba also has many educational institutions like the National Technological University, Catholic University of Cordoba that is also the oldest university in Argentina.
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