Columna Conmemorativa de la Fundación de la Ciudad de Corrientes, Corrientes

The Commemorative Column of the Foundation of the City of Corrientes is a national historic monument of Argentina, located near the access to the General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, in the city of Corrientes, capital of the homonymous province.

The adelantado Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón explored the region called "of the seven streams", with the intention of populating the region. On April 3, 1588, he founded the city of San Juan de Vera in the immediate ravine of the Paraná River. Near the fort he erected a wooden cross as an expression of the faith that inspired his intentions. The place was attacked and set on fire by the Guarani aborigines, saving the cross, later called "del Milagro". In 1730 the cross was moved from the precarious hermitage that sheltered it to the first church, built in 1720, which was called "Santuario de la Cruz del Milagro". The column commemorating the foundation of Corrientes was erected in 1828, during the government of General Pedro Ferré, in the same place where the "Cruz del Milagro" had been installed in 1588. The column, made of brick plastered on an octagonal base, and topped with a globe, was transported in 1970 to its present location, because the head of the interprovincial bridge General Belgrano linking Corrientes with the province of Chaco, coincided with the historical place. The area where it is currently located marks the access to the urban area and access to the north and south waterfront.