"Florentino & Carlos Ameghino" University Museum

Av. Pellegrini 250
Tel. 0341-4802649 - Ext. 135
Open Mondays through Fridays from 9 to 12 a.m.

This museum belongs to the School of exact Sciences, Engineering and Land Surveying of the National University of Rosario. It specializes in paleontology, archaeology and anthropology. It was built around the donation of the Castellanos collection and it was Castellanos himself who carried out the field work during the '30s and '40s. There are all sorts of fossils on display including vertebrates and mammals from the Pleistocene as well as extinct and surviving species.

Rosario
Rosario is located on the Paraná River and ranks third amongst Argentina's most important cities. It lies 167km. away from the city of Santa Fe 306km away from the city of Buenos Aires. It is joined to the provincial capital by the Rosario-Santa Fe express way, and to the city of Buenos Aires by route No.9 which is also an express way up to Rosario. A must in the city of Rosario is the Monument to the Flag erected near the slopes bordering the Paraná River at the site where Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820, Argentine general and creator of the National Flag) hoisted the Agentine for the first time in 1812. The tower of this monument rises over 70m. high and one can take an elevator up to the top to enjoy a magnificent view of the city the river. The monument is flanked by the coats of arms of all the provinces by four Incaic suns.