"Luis Paludet" First Argentine Museum of Old-fashioned Motorcycles

San Juan 646
Tel. 0261-4291469
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This is really an itinerant museum. It harbors a collection of different brands of motorcycles from a large number of countries. Valuable exhibits include a 1904 two-cylinder Peugeot; a 1907 four-cylinder Belgian FN; an English Triumph of the same year; a 1921 two-cylinder AJS; a 1924 Douglas Speedway; a 1927 Harley Davidson and a 1926 two-cylinder l,200 Indian. Also on exhibition is a local Ramonot motorcycle made for the first time in the country (in a series comprising 1,700 units) by the Ramonot brothers in 1930, on a nonindustrial basis, in a workshop adjacent to the Barriales winery in the department of San Martín. The objective pursued by this original private museum is to track the background and history of each piece through documents. It was founded in 1981 and was named after a circus performer, Luis Ángel Paludet. The museum permanently tours different parts of the city and province.

Mendoza
The city of Mendoza is the capital of the Province of Mendoza and lies 747 m. above sea level and 1,099 km. away from the city of Buenos Aires along national route No.7. Mendoza was founded by Pedro del Castillo in 1561 but was destroyed by an earthquake on 20 March, 1861. The city lies at the foot of the mountain range flanking the Andes and has over 800,000 inhabitants. It is a neat modern city with a large number of drainage ditches and green areas. Its streets witnessed the exploits of our national hero San Martín during his campaigns to liberate Argentina, Chile and Peru. The province is the main wine producing center in America endowed with wonderful environmental conditions for the production of wine. Amongst the sites worth visiting are the Basilica of St. Francis that harbors numerous documents related to San Martín's campaign; the ruins of the Temple of St. Francis; the Government House that preserves the flag of the Andes Army, the Arts and Crafts Market, the Alameda (public walk lined with poplar trees), the "Mirador" (natural scenic viewpoint) terrace, the Civic Center and the San Martín Park.