"Laureano Brizuela" Museum of Fine Arts

Mota Botello 239
Tel. 0833-37563
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 :30a.m.
and from 3 to 8p.m. Saturdays from 3 to 8p.m.

This museum was created in 1935 and was named after its founder. Its two halls harbor sculptures, paintings, engravings and drawings made by artists from Catamarca, the rest of the country and Latin America. It has a specialized library and periodically carries out temporary exhibitions to display the work of guest artists. Ever since its creation it has added new works to its collection. Nowadays, it houses the most important collection of paintings in Catamarca and boasts works by Laureano Brizuela, Guillermo Butler, Quinquela Martín and Carlos Alonso as well as sculptures by Santiago Chiero and Roberto Gray.

San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
The capital of the province is located 1,145km. away from the city of Buenos Aires and 520m. above sea level. To get to this city from Buenos Aires one must take national route No. 9 up to Córdoba and then carry on down national route No. 60. The city is definitely colonial in style and its main attractions are its temples and convents, the most outstanding of which is the convent of San Francisco. The site known as Cuesta del Portezuelo is very near the city and offers a panoramic view of the entire valley.