Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Northwestern Argentina
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Abra Pampa
Abra Pampa
BOLIVIA
San Ramón de
San Ramón de
la Nueva Orán
San Ramón de
la Nueva Orán
CHILE
la Nueva Orán
Humahuaca
Humahuaca
Uquia
Humahuaca
Uquia
Uquia
Salar de
Atacama
Salar de
Atacama
Huacalera
Huacalera
Tilcara
Tilcara
34
Purmamarca
Purmamarca
LA PUÑA
DESERT
San Salvador
San Salvador
de Jujuy
San Salvador
de Jujuy
San Antonio
San Antonio
de los Cobres
San Antonio
de los Cobres
de Jujuy
de los Cobres
51
t
Rosario de
Rosario de
Lerma
Rosario de
Lerma
Salta
Salta
Lerma
Payogasta
Payogasta
El Carril
El Carril
Cachi
Cachi
16
33
40
Parque
Nacional
los Cardones
Parque
Nacional
los Cardones
Buenos
Buenos
Aires
Buenos
Aires
Aires
Angastaco
Angastaco
Rosario de
la Frontera
Rosario de
la Frontera
Rosario de
la Frontera
San Carlos
Cafayate
San Carlos
Cafayate
San Carlos
68
Cafayate
8
9
0
50 mi
San Miguel
de Tucumán
San Miguel
de Tucumán
San Miguel
0
50 km
de Tucumán
Iglesia San Francisco (San Francisco Church)
Rebuilt in 1759 after a fir e
destroyed the original building, the Iglesia San Francisco is Salta's most prominent post-
card image. The terra-cotta facade, with its 53m (174-ft.) to wer and tiered white pillars,
was designed by architect Luis Giorgi. The belfry—the tallest in the Americas—holds the
Campana de la Patria, a bronze bell made from the cannons used in the War of Indepen-
dence's B attle of S alta. A small museum exhibits a v ariety of 17th- and 18th-centur y
religious images.
Córdoba and Caseros. No phone. Daily 8am-noon and 4-8pm.
Museo de A rqueológia de A lta Mon taña ( Andean A rchaeological
Museum)
A beautifully restored historic building, the MAAM houses a good
collection of Andean textiles woven over the years. This museum is also home to a large
research library dedicated to Andean cultur e and anthr opology. The main focus of the
museum, however, is its thr ee mountain mummies, the per fectly preserved remains of
three Inca children sacrificed to the gods. A fascinating film sho ws the ex cavations at
Mount Llullaillaco, the highest v olcanic peak in Argentina, near the Chilean bor der,
which displays the actual extraction of the bodies fr om their mountain r efuge. The
Andean mummies (o ver 500 y ears old) w ere found in 1999 b y a
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