Foundational Museum of the Discovery and Settlement of the River Plate "Argentina"

Ruins of the old city of Santa Fe on provincial route No. 1, km. No.78
Tel. 03405-493056
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8a.m. to 7p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 to 12 a.m. and from 3 to 7p.m.
From April 1 through September 30: open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 to 12 a.m. and from 2 to 6p.m.

This museum is devoted to the history of the old city of Santa Fe and is a real testimony of everyday urban life in the early times of the Hispanic period. In addition to the exhibits contained in its two halls, a site museum has been set up on the location of the old city on the river banks where one can observe the ruins of the church of St. Francis with its open graves.
The primitive city was abandoned approximately in the year 1670, and the temple and the undergrowth gradually buried the vestiges of nearly one century of life. The decision of moving the city to another location was taken because it remained isolated during the periods when the river waters rose and because of the increasingly frequent attacks of the "Calchaquí" Indians.

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