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The architecture of Argentina can be said to start at the beginning of the Spanish colonisation, though it was in the 18th century that the cities of the country reached their splendour. Cities like Córdoba, Salta, Mendoza, and also Buenos Aires conserved most their historical Spanish colonial architecture in spite of their urban growth.
The outpost was named for Santa Rosa de Lima in 1906. The Moisés Serpa Regional Museum of Tastil, inaugurated after the 1997 declaration of the ruins as a National Historic Monument the same year, and displays artifacts found at the site and surroundings, including a mummy dating from the 14th century. [ 2 ]
Flagship branch the Banco de la Nación Argentina (1938–52) Teatro Nacional Cervantes (1921) Hospital Borda (1863/1949) [10] Seat of the Federación de Asociaciones Católicas de Empleadas (FACE), Calle Sarmiento [12] Federal firing range, Avenida del Libertador [13] National Music Centre (former National Library) [14] Palais de Glace (1911) [14]
Martín Miguel de Güemes, a soldier and politician who fought in the Argentine War of Independence.. Before the Spanish conquest, numerous native peoples (now called Diaguitas and Calchaquíes) lived in the valleys of what is now Salta Province; they formed many different tribes, the Quilmes and Humahuacas among them, which all shared the Cacán language.
View of Salta in 1851 by painter Juan Manuel Besnes e Irigoyen. Salta was founded on April 16, 1582, by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma, who intended the settlement to be an outpost between Lima, Peru and Buenos Aires. The origin of the name Salta is a matter of conjecture, with several theories being advanced to explain it.
The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (Spanish Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña; MAAM) is an archaeology museum located in the historical center of Salta, Argentina, which conserves and exhibits collections related to the Capacocha child sacrifice ceremonies performed by the Inca in the high peaks of the Andes, mainly the Children of Llullaillaco mummies discovered in 1999 at the top ...
Anta is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina.Its capital is Joaquin V. Gonzalez.. With an area of 21,945 km 2 (8,473 sq mi) it borders to the north with the departments of Orán and Rivadavia, to the east with Rivadavia and Chaco Province, to the south with Santiago del Estero Province, and to the west with the departments of Metán and General Güemes and with Jujuy Province.
Tartagal (Spanish pronunciation: [taɾtaˈɣal]) is a tropical city in northern Argentina, in the province of Salta.It is located in the northeast of the province, within the General José de San Martín Department, of which it is the capital.