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Catamarca & La Rioja


Chilecito founder Don Domingo de Castro y Bazán owned this 300-year-old flour mill, which houses an eclectic assemblage of archaeological tools, antique arms, early colonial documents, minerals, traditional wood and leather crafts, banknotes, stuffed birds, woodcuts and paintings. It’s four blocks west of Chilecito's plaza.


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Nearby Catamarca & La Rioja attractions

1. La Riojana

0.2 MILES

La Riojana is the area’s main wine producer, and a sizable concern; some 30 million liters a year are produced here thanks to fruit sourced from vineyards…

2. Cristo del Portezuelo

0.95 MILES

Head down Maestro from Chilecito's plaza to reach this relatively recent addition to the town: a huge statue of Christ on a platform accessed by a 203…

3. Museo del Cablecarril

1.29 MILES

This old cable-car station documents the extraordinary engineering and mining project that created modern Chilecito at the beginning of the 20th century…