MUSEUMS


Bishop Colombres's Home.
Address: Parque 9 de Julio.

Bishop Colombres's Home is one the most interesting examples of colonial houses of late 18th century. It consists of two stories with quebracho beam ladders dating from the time it was built. The place was restored around 1913 for the last time.

Bishop Colombres's Home
In its interior are pieces of furniture belonging to its owner, Bishop Eusebio Colombres, apart from some portraits of Argentine national heroes painted by Lola Mora and old coins and bills collections.

Very near the house lays the first sugar mill in Tucumán, built out of quebracho wood; it is what was left of the factory the priest set up in his property, thus giving rise to the first industry of the north of the country.

In an adjoining building, there are the old pailas (cauldron), spoons and stone masonry. Next to one of the side walls of the living quarters is the steam mill which replaced the former in the late 19th century.

The house was declared to be a Historic National Monument in August, 1941.


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