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Historical Museum of the Convent of San Carlos
Belgrano
430
Tel. 03476-4247774 / 03476-422421
Open Tuesdays through Sundays from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in wintertime
and from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in summertime.
This
museum is a relic dating from 1780 when San Lorenzo was found San
Martín, then a colonel, took lodging in this house, and some of
his personal belongings and different items that preserve the memory
of the Battle of San Lorenzo are on display. Other exhibits include
18th and 19th century religious images, furniture, plans, works
of art and utensils. There are also some objects that belonged to
the only chemists shop that existed up to 1875 and belonged to the
Franciscans. The museum also runs an important restoration workshop.
San
Lorenzo
San Lorenzo lies on the Paraná River 145km away from the city of
Santa Fe down the expressway that joins the provincial capital with
Rosario.

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