La Plata Travel Guide

The Museo de la Plata is one of Argentina's most important natural history museums, part of the National University of La Plata. Its late-19th-century neoclassical building is a landmark in itself, housing over three million specimens — dinosaur skeletons, giant ground sloths and modern whales — among South America's great natural history collections.

The Catedral de la Plata is the largest church in Argentina and among the world's largest neo-Gothic cathedrals. Begun in 1884, its twin towers rise to 113 m and can be climbed for views over the city's grid plan; the interior is simple, soaring and grand.