Diario las Américas., 1958-05-30
Know thy
Neighbor
gv ANTONIO RUIZ

Located in the placid Lerma Val
ley, framed by overlapping ranges
OF the Andes, stands Salta, with its
white church towers and tall palms
rising above the picturesque red
tiled rooftopS. Proud OF its history
and tradition, the inhabitants Of
Salta recall with great patriotic
fervor the feat of their own gaucho
leader, Giiemes, who during a cru
cial period in the War of indie
pendence, held the S~paniardS and
thus enabled General San Martin
to achieve his epic march over
the Andes. This unSpoiled colonial
city belongs to a different world
from the busting modern cities
of the East. Comfortable accomo-
dations are found at its attractive,
new tourist hotel.
Jujuy and its famous "Termas
de los Reyes" (Thermal Baths of
the Kings, date from the days be-
fore the Spanish conquest, when
the present colonial city was a
Quechua Indian village and where
the Inca chieftains, it is believed,
travelled to the hot spring from
Cuaeo to take the cure AS change
less as the snow-capped Mountains
which surround Jujuy's warm, sub
tropical valley, are the Indians who
come from the hills with their lla-
ma trains to trade.
Unique in Argentina today is
the picture of Indian life, which
unfolds in all its traditional sim
plicity in the remote villages along
the route to Bolivia. Tourist are
especially fascinated by the color
full dress of the Indians and their
varied handicrafts. For the photo
grapherS, both the land and the
people offer unlimited possibilities,
The most interesting towns in
which to stop are Tileara and HUI
mahuaca. The village of La Quiaca,
on the Bolivian altiplano, half-a-
mile from the border, is an Indian
trade center.
Across the Parana River from
Parana, capital of Entire Rios Pro-
vince, is the beautiful colonial CT
ty of Santa Fe, capital of the Pro-
vince of the same name, and rich
in historical and architectural
interest. In the vicinity of the pre-
sent city, Sebastian Cabot, on his
voyage of discovery in 1927, found
ed the first Spanish settlement in
Ell Plata, a small fort named Sancti
Spiritus. Santa Fe was founded by
Juan de Garay, on his trip down
the river from Asunci6n to re-
establish the abandoned colony of
Buenos Aires. In its growth into a
modern city, Santa Fe has preserv-
ed many of its original colonial
buildings.
In its historic Cabildo (Town
Hall), the Congress of 1858 adopt
ed the Federal Constitution, which
became the cornerstone of the
modern Argentine nation. The
crucifix upon which the delegates
to the Congress took their oath of
allegiance to the Constitution, is
preserved in the Sacristy of the
famous church of San Francisco,
which dates from 1853. The archi-
lecture of Sante Fe's colonial
buildings is distinguished by in
teresting an wide variations from
that Of the northwestern p%rovin-
ceS.
The Parana River, Father Of
Waters" in the Guarani Indian
language, has played an important
role in Argentina's history since
it was first explored by Sebastian
Cabot. Is is part of a vast interna-
tional system of waterways serving
Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina end
Uruguay. Two hundred miles up
stream from Buenos Aires is Ro-
sario, second city of the Republic.
Its busy grain elevators and pack
ing houses, factories, port and
railroad terminals, denote its i'm
portance as a commercial and in
dustrial center.
Did you know that Buenos All
res, capital of Argentina, is the
third largest city in America, aft
er New York and Chicago?