Hermitage Museum

Rivadavia between Ambrosetti and Jujuy streets
Tilcara Cultural Center Tel. No. 088-955204
From Tuesdays to Sundays from 9 to 12a.m. and from 3 to 6p.m.

This original museum founded by the Cáceres family exhibits works made with flower petals and the seeds of different fruits used to depict different scenes of the via dolorosa and another religious allegories.

Tilcara
Tilcara is located on national route No. 9,84km. away from San Salvador de Jujuy and 2,461m above sea level. This town was founded approximately in the year 1600 and is characteristic of the "Quebrada" with its "Collas" (Indians from the northwest) and its multicolored mountains. The erection of its church began in 1797, but was only completed in 1865. The entire area has a vast archaeological wealth, and its main site is the "Pucará de Tilcara" (Pucará: fortress).