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Museum of the Convent of St. Francis
Amenábar
2557
Tel. 0342-4593303
Summer timetable: open Mondays through Saturdays from 8 to 12 a.m.;
afternoon timetable: Mondays through Fridays, from 4 to 7p.m.; Saturdays
from 4:30 to 7p.m. - Sundays, from 9:30 to 12 a.m. and from 4:30
to 7 p.m.
Winter timetable: open Mondays through Saturdays from 8 to 12 a.m.,
afternoon timetable: Mondays through Fridays, from 3 to 6:30 p.
m., Saturdays and Sundays from 3:30 to 6p.m.
Indian
labor was used in the construction of this temple which began in
1676. The mud walls were made by employing the Mudejar technique
of placing rammed earth within a formwork. Amongst the images on
display, there is one of Jesus the Nazarene donated by the Queen
of Spain in 1650 and another known as "The Immaculate" that belonged
to Garay and was donated by the founder's daughter.
There is also a sun clock built in 1 784 by the hermit Francisco
Javier de la Rosa. In the area devoted to the museum, a hall was
inaugurated in 1950 known as the "Hall of the Constituent Assembly"
in which life-size plaster figures evoke a session of this Congress.
The hall is presided over by a figure of the Christ of the Constituent
assembly carved in carob wood that was in the Council Chamber when
the Assembly met in 1853.
Santa
Fe
Santa Fe is the capital of the province of Santa Fe and the secondary
city in importance after Rosario which is 167 away. The city of
Santa Fe lies 475 km. away from the Capital City from which one
must first travel down national route No.9 a then switch to national
route No.11. Santa Fe is connected with the city of Paraná capital
of Entre Ríos, by means of the Hernandarias Underwater Tunnel. A
site worth visiting is Cayastá, located 80km. away from the city,
where the primitive city of Santa Fe -now in ruins- was founded.
Other interesting sites are the Convent of St. Francis, dating from
1680, which harbors the remains of Estanislao López and the Church
of Our Lady of Miracles which is the oldestin the whole province.
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