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"Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez" Provincial Museum of Fine Arts
4
de Enero 1510 Tel. 0342-4596142
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.;
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 6 to 8p.m.
This
museum comprises 25 halls containing over 2,000 works of art by
Argentine artists including some by great masters of the stature
of Spilimbergo, Gómez Cornet, Petorutti, Curatella Manes, Fontana,
Fioravanti, Sibellino, Fader, Victorica and Daneri. It also harbors
an important collection of European art with works by Delacroix,
Rodin and Romero de Torres amongst others. It also has an important
specialized library with rare books and specialized magazines.
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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