Museum of Our lady of Carrodilla

Located at the intersection of Carril San Martín (San Martín Traffic lane) no number and Carrodilla St.
Tel. 0261-4361667
Open Mondays through Fridays. from 9 to 12a.m.
and from 5 to 8p.m.; Saturdays from 9 to 12a.m.

This museum is devoted to sacred art and operates in the Parish of Our lady of Carrodilla. There are 19 carved images of Christ made by the natives during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The images belonged to different churches in the province of Mendoza. The most noteworthy amongst these images is one carved by the Huarpe Indians in 1750. It is made of quebracho wood and was taken by the high bishop to the seminary in the city of Nice. One can also see the furniture that belonged lo the Solanilla family whose summer house with an extremely old wisteria plant surrounds one of the wings of the parish courtyard. Exhibits also include 16th -century paintings from the Cuzco school; a replica of the nail that pierced Christ and an image of Our Lady of Mercy that is over two meters high and was carved in Spain. The Church of Carrodilla was declared a National Historical Monument and its architecture reproduces the typical colonial models of the high mountain areas and the Argentine Northwest. The image of the Virgin is carved in oak, has natural hair and is holding Infant Christ and a branch of grapes in her hands. The Virgin has a gold crown weighing half a kilo decorated with grape leaves and precious stones, which is kept in the bank for safety reasons.

Luján de Cuyo
Luján de Cuyo lies only 16km. away from the city of Mendoza down the expressway of national route No. 40 (Southern Access). Close to the capital city there are important wineries and olive growing and processing establishments. The renowned Argentine painter, Fernando Fader, lived here.