"Omar Barrionuevo" Anthropological Museum

Av. Belgrano 300 Premises of the University of Catamarca
Tel. 0833-25978
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8a.m. to 1p.m.
and from 3 to 9P.M.

This museum was built around a collection donated in 1989. Its archaeological collections are extremely valuable. Amongst its most outstanding pieces belonging to the Aguada culture there is a mortar, a tipa (small basket), spear heads, bone pendants, ceramic statuettes and a large vessel decorated with two paintings on the outside.

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.