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- What is the area of unusual rock formations? what does it contain and when is it from? What has been found there?
- El parque provincial ischigualasto contains fossils from the triassic period. Eoraptor lunensis has been found there.
- What is San Carlos de Bariloche? Where is it and what is it called?
- Skiing place. On lago nahuel haupi in the Andes Mountains. Known as "the Switzerland of the Andes"
- Where do the penguins live? What are they called?
- Los pingüinos live in large colonies in the far south.
- Where is the Church of St Francis? What is it in spanish? HOw tall is the highest tower and who was it designed by?
- Is in Salta, a city in northwest Argentina. Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco de Salta. 53 meters high, one of the highest in SOuth America. designed by spanish and italian architects
- What is the capital of Argentina and where is it located?
- Buenos Aires and it is located at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata estuary on the Atlantic Coast
- WHat is the southernmost town in the world? When does it get the most sunlight and how much does it get?
- Gets up to 20 hours of sunlight a day during the summer months of December and January.
- What is the major festival that is held in San Antonio de Areco? What is it dedicated to?
- La Fiesta de la semana de la tradcion. dedicated to gauchos and their traditions
- What is the cave of hands in spanish? where is it located? what is it decorated with? when was it done?
- La Cueva de las Manos. In Patagonia. Outlines of hands. Painted over 10000 years ago
- What is las picadas?
- Small plates a resturant serves of a huge variety of appetizers prepared with cheese, meat, seafood, and nuts
- What is the highest peak? Where is it located?
- Mount Aconcagua close to the Chilean border. 6960 meters high.
- What was La boca originally home to? What is it famous for?
- Italian Immigrants who used parts of abanded ships to build their houses. Tango music that echoes in its streets.
- What is the "devil's throat"? where is it? what is the most impressive of the series of waterfalls called?
- La garganta del diablo an enormous waterfall of the Rio Iguazu on the border between Argentina and Brazil. Cataratas del Iguazu
- What was the tango originated by? When? What is the music a combination of?
- Immigrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. 1880. African rhythms, European folk music, and popular gaucho songs.
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- peso argentino
- Who painted Vuel Vila?
- Xul Solar, an Argentine artist of German Heritage. He had great influence on the development of modern art in Argentina.
- What is the center of livestock raising? What is it famous for? What is it similar to?
- La Pampa. Land of the gauchos. The great plains.
- What is a traditional dress called?
- Trajes folcoricos
- When do people drink mate? What is it made of? Who drinks it? What is it served in?
- Between four and six in the afternoon. Leaves of the yerba plant. Young and old. IN a hollowed-out gourd (calabacita) with a metal straw (bombilla)