MUSEO CASA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA
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Typical colonial building with a preserved salón de Jura, featuring a sound and light show from Thursday to Sunday at 8 p.m
The city's greatest pride is that it houses the House of Independence, since it was here, and more precisely in the Salón de la Jura, that the declaration of independence of the country was signed on July 9, 1816, after the victory of San Martin against the Spaniards, by a body of delegates from the united provinces of the River Plate, better known as the Congreso de Tucumán. In a modernist fury, the eighteenth-century residence was destroyed at the beginning of the century. The order for the destruction was given by Julio Argentino Roca, a native of Tucumán. Only the Salón de Jura was preserved. A few decades later, in 1941, it was rebuilt, scrupulously respecting the original plans and style (where the Spanish baroque dominates). It is a typical colonial building that we can observe. Objects witnessing the event, gathered in the room where the historical document was signed. The two twisted pillars that frame the door are typical of the colonial period. In 1947, President Perón declared Argentina's economic independence and cancelled the country's external debt. A sound and light show(luz y sonido) is presented from Thursday to Sunday at 8 pm. You can pick up your tickets at the tourist office the same day, space limited to 70 people maximum. The show recounts with enthusiasm the episodes of the Argentinean independence. Attention, show only in Spanish, cancelled when it rains.
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