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Tarija · Bolivia Capital
In the destination Tarija and its valleys.
In the photo: Luis de Fuentes y Vargas square, in central Tarija.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Capital of the Tarija department in southern Bolivia, in a valley about 1,850 meters high. Founded in 1574, it has a colonial center around Luis de Fuentes y Vargas square, the Casa Dorada, the San Francisco convent from 1606, and a fossil museum of the valley’s megafauna. About 25 km away are the vineyards of Valle de la Concepción. It is the city of saice tarijeño.
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House with a gilded and silvered façade in downtown Tarija, built in the early 20th century for the merchant Moisés Navajas. It mixes Art Nouveau and Mudéjar elements and houses the Casa de la Cultura.
Franciscan convent founded in 1606 in central Tarija, with a church, museum and a library of old books. The complex is Bolivia’s national historical and cultural heritage.
University museum of Tarija with fossils of large mammals that lived in the valley, such as giant sloths, glyptodonts and mastodons, and an archaeology and history collection on the upper floor.
Valley of vineyards and wineries in the Uriondo municipality, about 25 km from Tarija, producing high-altitude wine and singani. Uriondo hosts the Vendimia Chapaca, the grape-harvest festival.
