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Tucumán · Argentina
In the destination Famaillá and the Empanada Route.
In the photo: Parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in front of Famaillá’s main square.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Town in central Tucumán, 35 km south of San Miguel de Tucumán, at the foot of the hills and among sugarcane fields. It is the National Capital of the Empanada and has hosted the Fiesta Nacional de la Empanada since 1979, in September. At the northern entrance is the Parque Temático Histórico del Bicentenario, with replicas of the country’s historic buildings, and at the southern entrance the Galería de la Veneración; in the center, the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. To the north are the Ruinas de San José de Lules.
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The local experience
A walk of a few blocks at Famaillá’s northern entrance with replicas of the Cabildo of Buenos Aires, the Casa Histórica de la Independencia and the Pirámide de Mayo, figures of independence leaders and sculptures depicting colonial life.
A walk at Famaillá’s entrance, by the roadside, with statues and murals of religious figures, including the Virgin of Mount Carmel, the town’s patroness.
Famaillá’s main church, facing the main square. It houses the 18th-century wooden image of the Virgin of Mount Carmel, the town’s patroness, who is carried in procession every July 16.
Church and convent of the former Jesuit estancia of San José del Monte de los Lules, a National Historic Monument, beside provincial road 301. There the Jesuits planted sugar cane for the first time in Tucumán.
