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Old
Winery of San Juan Museum
Salta
782 North
Tel. 0264-4214327
Open Mondays through Saturdays from 9a.m. to 1p.m.
and from 4:30 to 6p.m.; Sundays from 10a.m. to 1p.m.
The
museum has one large hall measuring 60m. x 30m. in which all sorts
of machines are exhibited including casks and presses used in the
19th century to produce wine. Also on display are the tanks where
the grapes were placed to ferment. There are also vats used for
aging and storing wine and different types of pumps. On display
outside the museum are the carts that were drawn by oxen and were
used to transport the grapes.
San
Juan
San Juan, capital of the province of San Juan, was shaken by
an earthquake in 1944 and was rebuilt on a modern design with a
large number of parks and promenades. It lies 1,050km. away from
the city of Buenos Aires along national routes No.7 (up to the city
of San Luis) and 147. Another alternative is to travel up to Mendoza
and then take route No.40 up to San Juan. The city harbors the natal
homes of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Fray Justo Santa Marķa de
Oro. The province has important tourist attractions, the most traditional
of which is known as the Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley).
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