Museo del Área Fundacional, Mendoza

Name: Museo del Área Fundacional
Address: Videla Castillo & Beltran and Alberdi, Mendoza, Argentina
Telephone: +54 261 425-6927

#7 among attractions in Mendoza

Museum, History museum

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The Foundational Area Museum is a museum located in the city of Mendoza, in Argentina. It was founded in 1993 and has exhibitions of elements of historical and archaeological value of the region. It is located in the historic center of the Old City, on Pedro del Castillo Square, the site where the city was founded by Pedro del Castillo in 1561 and where the colonial Cabildo was located before its destruction in the Mendoza earthquake of 1861. In this site also worked the slaughterhouse, and then the municipal fair.

Coordinates: 32°52'47"S, 68°49'40"W

Address

Videla Castillo & Beltran and AlberdiMendoza Argentina

Contact

+54 261 425-6927

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Museo del Área Fundacional – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Teatro Independencia, Plaza Independencia, Plaza España, Parroquia San Jorge.

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