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Museum
of the Oratory of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Located
on the corner of Vicente Mendieta and Buenos Aires Streets
Municipality Tel. No. 03775-422411
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m. and from 6 to 8p.m.
This
is a railway museum comprising 3 halls. Exhibits include a small,
old railway wagon, train motors and wheels. The building occupied
by this museum is the former Estación del Este (Eatern Railway Station)
inaugurated by Nicolás Avellaneda in 1875 and declared a National
Historical Monument in 1979. Outside the building there are large
petrified trunks discovered in the surrounding area, and the building
itself harbors leather handicraft made nowadays and paintings by
local artists.
Monte
Caseros
Monte Caseros lies on the banks of the Uruguay River, 400km. from
the city of Corrientes. One can get there from the provincial capital
down national routes No.12, 123 and 119 and provincial route No.
25.

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