"Héctor Aubert" Argentine Nativist Complex

Las Heras 100
Tel. 02657-421384
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This complex comprises a museum, three auditoriums, a "pulpería" [a typical Latin American store combining the sale of grocery and other products and the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks], a chapel where the Virgin of Luján is worshipped and an amphitheater. It houses a unique collection of vehicles drawn by animal traction which is one of a kind worldwide. Exhibits include a Vagón flat cart dating from 1880, a flat cart from Buenos Aires dating from 1875, flat carts used for heavy farm work and the whole line of four-seater carriages produced between 1890 and 1927. There is also an ambulance dating from 1925 and a water cart from 1872.
Also on display is a bust of the painter Molino Campos (there are only three in the world). The museum exhibits all sorts of farming implements used in the 19th century. All the pieces on show are original and still work. The "Doña Esterofilda Pulpería " is the last of these stores that existed in San Luis and is decorated with period articles such as bottles, sanitary implements and a Victrola. This is a private museum that was declared of municipal, provincial, national and international (by the UNESCO in Paris) interest. Seminars with writers are held in the auditoriums as well as folkloric shows. This Complex is also the venue for the yearly celebration of Tradition Week.

Villa Mercedes
Villa Mercedes is the second city in importance in the province. It lies 95km. away from the city of San Luis down national route No 7.