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The National Historic Monuments of Argentina are buildings, sites and features in Argentina listed by national decree as historic sites. This designation encourages greater protection under the oversight of the Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historic Places), created ...
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)* Misiones: 1984 275bis; iv (cultural) In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Jesuits constructed several missions to the Guaraní people. The remains of five missions are listed as this ...
Archaeological sites in Argentina, places in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record. Sites may range from those with few or no remains visible above ground, to ...
Featuring one of the best collections of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the UNESCO World Heritage Site was a major center of culture from 850 A.D. to 1250 A.D. and today houses a number of ...
The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country, [ 1 ] occupying about 30 hectares. [ 2 ]
An ancient girl had options. History-making cave art. Nearly 700 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, archaeologists from Argentina and Chile discovered the earliest known cave paintings in South ...
History in the New World stretches back well before 1492, and these enduring landmarks are proof of complex and accomplished civilizations that were established centuries before.
Room 1 is for Argentina and the neighboring countries of Chile and Bolivia, and includes inter alia the mummified body from San Pedro de Atacama (no longer exhibited). Room 2 deals with the Indian culture of Peru and displays ceramics of the Nazca, Mochica and Chimú Indians. Room 3 displays items from the time of the Spanish Conquest.