Bishop Colombres' Home Museum of the Sugar Industry

Parque 9 de Julio, located on the corner of Av. Soldati and Haití streets
Cultural Center Tel. No.081-282282
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7a.m. to 1p.m. and from 2 to 7p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 7a. m. to 7p.m.

Towards 1821, the local priest José Eusebio Colombres (later made bishop) sowed sugar cane for the first time in his country house. He also set up rustic wooden sugar mills moved by oxen, similar to those that the Jesuits had been using since the 18th century. Processing sugar cane in this primitive manner, the bishop produced sugar. The project involving the 9th of July Park included the old country house in its layout. What remains is the large old two-story high house with its arcade that belonged to Colombres. Inside, part of his furniture is preserved together with some weapons and other period objects. Still standing outside is the old sugar mill made of quebracho wood.

San Miguel de Tucumán
The city of San Miguel de Tucumán, capital of the province, is located 1,303km. away from the Capital City, on national route No. 9, and 447m. above sea level. It is the most important industrial and commercial city in the Argentine Northwest, and has several touristic attractions in the surroundings, such as Villa Nogués, cerro San Javier and El Cadillal dam.