Temple Museum

Sargento Cabral St. no number
Municipality Tel. No. 03772-493013
Open Mondays through Sundays from 8 to 12 a.m. and from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.

This small temple harbors the house where José de San Martín our country´s greatest forefather was born on February 25, 1778. The house has three rooms with 80 cm - thick walls made of bricks bonded with mortar that were manufactured in the Jesuitical missions. It was impossible to preserve the roof. Inside the building there is an urn containing the remains of San Martín´s father who was the governor of Yapeyú. The construction of this small temple was begun in 1925 and it was inaugurated in 1938 during the government of Agustín P. Justo.

Yapeyú
The town of Yapeyú stands as a landmark in Argentine history since it was the birthplace of General San Martín. It is located 380km away from the city of Corrientes down national routes No.12, 123 and 14. This town was originally a Jesuitical reduction.