Salta: San Francisco Church / Iglesia

Main temple (left) was finished in 1796. The tower was built in 1870, and at 57 meters is one of the highest in South America. ********* El templo principal (a la izquierda), se terminó en 1796. La torre se construyó en 1870, y con sus 57 metros es una de las más altas de Sudamérica.

Purmamarca & Salta

February 17th 2006
On the return journey from Iruya and on our way to Purmamarca, we passed by what is known as "The Painter's Palette". We could only take a semi-decent picture of this, not easy from a moving vehicle, but the bus didn't stop here. We stayed just the one night in Purmamarca to see "The Mountain of 7 Colours" in the morning, a unique rock formation where many different layers have been expos ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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