Alta Gracia

History

• Don Juan Nieto, 1588
• Alonso Nieto de Herrera, who named it after "Nuestra Señora de Alta Gracia"
• The Society of Jesus
• Santiago de Liniers, 1810, who lived there for about 5 months
• José Manuel Solares, 1868 September 24 is a feast day in Alta Gracia, in honour of the Virgin.

  Main sights

• The museum of Santiago de Liniers.
• "El Tajamar", a man-made lake.
• "El Obraje", a workshop were the Jesuits taught many Indians the different crafts.
• The Sierras Hotel, which John F. Kennedy has visited.
• A house where revolutionary Che Guevara used to live, now a museum.
• Manuel de Falla's Museum.
• Gabriel Dubois Art Museum.
• Railroad outdoor museum.
• Lourdes Virgin's Sanctuary: a replica of the original in the Pyrenees.
• Clock Tower: 350th Anniversary of Alta Gracia Monument, now an information office.

  People

• Manuel de Falla, Spanish musician and composer, lived in Alta Gracia from 1942 until his death.
• Ernesto "Che" Guevara, spent 12 years in Alta Gracia, from 1932 till 1944, when he moved to Buenos Aires to be a doctor. There is a museum in the place where he lived.
• Enrique Larreta, writer.
• Belisario Roldán, writer.