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- Living
testimonies of ethnic, geological and natural
origins serve today for the remembrance and the
enjoyment of this circuit.
- Forclaz Wind Mill: a historical
monument, a symbol of the effort and work of the
immigrants. A history of progress and
frustration…
- Semi precious Stones: a place called
“Petrified Trunks” due to the samples
of fossil remains found there.
- Here you
will appreciate the unexpected beauty of agates,
jaspers, quartz crystals shown at a captivating
display.
- Natural Science
Museum: An antique and
picturesque big old house where you’ll see
fossils of l3 or l5 million of years ago.
- San José Town: “the
cradle of colonization”. A regional
historical interactive Museum, which is the
symbol of the heritage of our immigrants.
- Liebig Village: a peculiar
village with an architectonic and social
testimony of an English factory in Argentina
between the years l900 and l950. You can visit
this meat packing factory with a local guide and
you can also see the handcrafts , visit a Tea
House or go on fishing.
- Villa Elisa Town: a very nice
place where you can visit a museum that keeps in
its rooms part of the immigrant’s history.
There is also a historical train and a complex of
Hot Springs. In Hocker Colony you can enjoy a
beautiful country day.
- National Park
“El Palmar”: It was declared a
national park in l966. There are different types
of landscapes each with its special flora and
fauna. The most contrasting areas are the huge
forest of palm trees that grew in the high
grounds and the subtropical jungle situated along
the streams and the Uruguay river. It is very
interesting to see some animals in this park like
vizcachas, lizards, foxes, capybaras, deer, rheas
and colourful birds. You will also discover
astonishing landscapes following different paths
on foot or by car.. There is also a historical
site -The Barquin’s limestone quarry and a
Visitors’ Center.
- “La Aurora del
Palmar” (Palmar Dawn): It is a farm
situated near the National Park. It is a Wild
Life Reserve that protects an important forest of
“yatay” palm trees. Different
activities such as cattle raising and forestry
(pine trees, eucalyptus, citrus) are carried out
here. Other activities in close contact with
nature are: horse riding, trekking, bird watching
and photographic safaris.
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San José
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Semi precious
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