Archaeological Museum

Juan Facundo Quiroga no number
Tel. 0826-90400 (public telephone booth)
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12:30a.m.
Saturdays from 9a.m. to 1p.m.

Exhibits include lithic material such as arrowheads belonging to the Olangasta culture. There are over 1,000 pieces including pitchers, axes, jars, vessels, necklaces, lithic knives, plant fossils, mortars and funerary urns, one of which dates back to 4, 000 years B.C.. A petroglyph found in El Salado is also on display together with a set of hands and stone axes belonging to the Olangasta culture.

Malanzán
Malanzán is located 185km. away from the city of La Rioja. Upon leaving La Rioja one must take provincial route No. 27 up to El Portezuela where one must make a 12km. detour down a consolidated dirt road. This town lies within the department of Juan Facundo Quiroga and is in an area known as "The route of the 'caudillos'". It is an area planted with fruit and olive trees. Parque Guasamayo is an important attraction with its bizarre rock formations such as "El loro" (the parrot) or "El elefante" (the elephant).