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(Amenábar 2257; admission AR$5; 8am-noon & 4-7pm Mon-Sat) The principal historical
landmark is this Franciscan monastery and museum, built in 1680. While the museum is
mediocre, the church is beautiful, with an exquisite wooden ceiling. The lovely cloister
has a real colonial feel and is full of birdsong and the perfume of flowers. The monastery
is still home to a handful of monks.
On your left as you enter the church is a fine polychrome Christ by grumpy Spanish
master Alonso Cano, sent as a sympathy gift by the Queen of Spain when the town
moved in 1649. By the altar, a stone marks the tomb of a priest who was killed by a jag-
uar taking refuge in the church during the 1825 flooding.
Museo Histórico Provincial MUSEUM
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( www.museobrigadierlopez.gob.ar ; Av San Martín 1490; admission AR$5; 8:30am-12:30pm &
3:30-8:30pm Tue-Fri, 5:30-8:30pm Sat & Sun) In a lovable 17th-century building, this mu-
seum has a variety of possessions and mementos of various provincial governors and
caudillos (provincial strongmen), as well as some religious art and fine period furnish-
ings, including a sedan chair once used to carry around the Viceroy of Río de la Plata.
The opening hours indicated are for summer: it doesn't close mid-afternoon the rest of
the year.
Museo Etnográfico y Colonial Provincial MUSEUM
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(25 de Mayo 1470; donation AR$4; 8:30am-12:30pm & 3-7pm Tue-Fri, 8:30am-12:30pm & 4-7pm
Sat & Sun) Run with heartwarming enthusiasm by local teachers, this museum features a
chronological display of stone tools, Guaraní ceramics, jewelry, carved bricks and colo-
nial objects. Highlights of the museum include a set of tablas - a colonial game similar
to backgammon - and a scale model of both original Santa Fe settlements. Afternoon
opening hours tend to vary.
Plaza 25 de Mayo SQUARE
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The center of colonial Santa Fe is a peaceful square framed by fine buildings. The vast
Casa de Gobierno OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Government House) was built in
1909 and replaced the demolished cabildo (town council building), seat of the 1852 con-
stitutional assembly. On the square's east side, the exterior simplicity of the Jesuit Iglesia
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