Posta de Yatasto

Located on km. 1,449 of national route No. 9
Tel. 087-215640 (belongs to the Historical Museum of Salta) Open Tuesdays through Sundays from 9a.m. to 5p.m.

This landmark forms part of the Museological Complex of the North and belongs to the Historical Museum of the North (based in the city of Salta). The Finca de Yatasto is part of the farmhouse that originally belonged to Don Francisco Toledo Pimentel. According to the inscription on the lintel above the door, the house was rebuilt in 1784.
At present, only part of the building remains. There are four rooms on the ground floor and one on the upper floor that is reached by a wooden staircase inside the house. Its walls are made of adobe and are plastered and whitewashed. It can be taken as a typical example of a country dwelling for a wealthy family during colonial times. The sole room on the upper floor allowed a greater visual control of the surrounding area. It was in this room that General Belgrano and Juan Martín de Pueyrredón met in 1812, as did Belgrano with San Martín and General Martín Miguel de Güemes, a leader of the people of Salta, in 1814. Exhibits include furniture and 18th-century objects that reproduce the atmosphere of a period country home.

Metán
The city of Metán is an important farming center located on national route No. 9, 140km. away from the city of Salta. Fourteen kilometers away from the city stands the Posta de Yatasto (Yatasto post station), which has been declared a National Historic Monument.