Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is a neighborhood in Capital Department, San Juan. Tierra del Fuego is situated nearby to the neighborhood Loteo Ruiz Ortega, as well as near Villa Marini.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rawson Hospital and San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral.

San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral

Church

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San Juan Cathedral, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, is a cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church in San Juan, Argentina. It is the seat of the metropolitan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo. San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral is situated 3 km southwest of Tierra del Fuego.

Casa Natal de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Museum

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Casa Natal de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is a museum, which is situated 3 km southwest of Tierra del Fuego.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Juan and Villa Krause.

San Juan

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San Juan is the capital city of San Juan province, in the central-west Cuyo region of Argentina, about 150 km north of Mendoza. The province has a large Triassic period fossil record, believed to be one of the largest in the world.

Villa Krause

Town

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Villa Krause is a city in the province of San Juan, Argentina in the Cuyo region. The city is located in the Rawson, east of the San Juan River, at 650 m above mean sea level and has a population of around 107,000 according to the 2001 census. Villa Krause is situated 8 km southwest of Tierra del Fuego.