QUILMES

It is 9 miles (15 km) away from Amaicha del Valle and 113 miles (182 km) from San Miguel de Tucumán; it is 6,598 ft. (1,978 m) above sea level. The old city of Quilmes, which sheltered a large Indian population (it is considered the largest pre-Hispanic human settlement of Argentina), rose there. Today, its ruins, which were restored and completed with a museum where traces of that culture can be seen, are found there.

After over 300 years of forced migration of the tribe, a technical-scientific team worked on the recovery of the important ruins of the Ancient City of Quilmes, regarded as one of the most valuable archaeological sites in the country.

This whole site had to be surveyed in order to enable an accurate choice of the most representative sector for restoration. Everything that was restored expected to give a clear idea of what life was like in that large community of Valle Calchaquí from their arrival at a still not specified date of the pre-Columbian period. They chose a sector at the feet of a hill called Alto del Rey, showing the kind of Indian settlement, from the point of view of architecture as well as urban structure, taking into account the complex functionality shown by the different chambers which compound Quilmes dwellings.