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Museum of Natural Sciences La
Florida 20 This museum functions in an 18th -century house that belonged to the conqueror of Chaco, General Félix Arias Rengel. It was built in Spanish colonial style and has three flagstone courtyards. Its outstanding features are its two-meter thick stone walls and its gable roof with curved thigh tires made by the natives using their legs to shape the tiles. On the ground floor temporary exhibitions are held of the work of artists from Salta and other places. The hall devoted to Colonial Art is on the upper floor and its exhibits include works from the 18th and 19th centuries and a collection of pieces by local artists from the beginning of the 20th century up to the present. The most noteworthy exhibits include a carved wooden sculpture of the Assumption of the Virgin proceeding from the Jesuitical missions in Salta´s Chaco region; a portrait of Francisco de Uriburu by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, and a View of the city of Salta painted by the Italian Carlo Penutti, which offers an interesting sight of the city in 1874 where one can observe the Convent of St. Bernard and the Church of St. Francis before its tower was built. Salta
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