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Places to visit:

Downtown
Starting at the Subsecretaria de Turismo or at the Tourist Information Center II at the city council, located on the corner of Garibaldi and San Martín streets. The places visited are the Plaza España, a bright space with an exact balance between gardens, monuments and shiny sidewalks, all adorned with majolica. The next point is the Plaza San Martin, with the Basilica of San Francisco and the chamber of the Virgen del Carmen de Cuyo - patron of the Liberation Army, where it kept the sceptre of command of General San Martin, where lie the remains of his daughter Merceditas and her husband’s. Around this square there are various banks, and there should be emphasized the building of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of the Province of Mendoza, which invites people to stop to admire its facade with its neoplateresco cutting, and its grooved columns with mythological stories. Next, there is Las Heras Avenue, which catches the attention by its architectural heritage, the Popular Street Museum and its commercial movement, especially of typical regional products. The tour ends on the Paseo Sarmiento, to rest and continue admiring the beauty of the city: the Independence Square provides an opportunity to appreciate water fountains with water and light ballet, symbolic sculptural groups, the Museum of Modern Art, a children's playground, and a picturesque arts and crafts fair.

Visit to the Provincial Civic District
This circuit starts in an unusual place: the roof of the Municipality of the Capital of Mendoza, whose viewpoint, thirty meters high, allows us to look at the area to be sightseen on the tour and the overall landscape of the city and its surroundings. After that, you will stroll through the gardens of the Courthouse and the former Agronomic farm, at the Ecological Park, there is the Customs and the Congress and Exhibition Centre "Emilio Civit" with its modern auditorium. From this point, and after a break, the Government House, located three hundred metres to the east, will cause admiration for its impressive architectural style. Entering this building, you will see the flag of the Liberation Army in the room dedicated to that purpose, on the first floor of the building, and it is there that this circuit ends.

Historic
Starting with the Cathedral of Loreto, located on the streets Lavalle and Federico Moreno, crossing the Plaza Sarmiento diagonally towards the northeast through Buenos Aires Street, is the Municipal Aquarium with an interesting variety of species, and the Snake house. Then towards the North, there are the O'Higgins Park, with a playground for children and the Gabriela Mistral Theatre.
Then there is the Plaza Pedro del Castillo, the foundation area of Mendoza (March 2, 1561), there is a beautiful museum, in which it is possible to observe "trenches" of archaeological excavations, elements and images from the Mendoza past. In the back, there are modules and friezes by modern artists who evoke the life of the Huarpe and cultural-historical facts. Almost at the center of the square, there is the crypt of the original fountain, which used to receive the drinking water at the time. A frieze of impressive dimensions lies on the west sidewalk of the square completing an impeccable architectural collection. The tour ends at the ruins of San Francisco, across from the square, declared a National Historical Monument; a few blocks away, there is the San Martín solarium and on the Montecaseros street there is the Church of La Merced.

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