What is the only Marquesas city in Argentina?

On pJogeniaIt is located at an altitude of more than 3400 metres Yafia city that was the main headquarters of Marquette is unique Established in what is now known as Argentine territory. Its history, linked to the Spanish Crown and the Camino Real del Alto Perú, is still present in its adobe buildings and historic monuments. this city, It is located 300 kilometers from San Salvador de JujuyIt faces climatic difficulties, as temperatures drop below minus 20 degrees in winter.

The only marquis city in Argentina is Yafe, in the province of Jujuy.. This city was the nerve center of the Marquise of Valle de Togo, a noble title granted by the Spanish Crown in the 18th century. It was strategically located Camino Real which connected the Río de la Plata with Alto Peru and the Royal Agency of Peru. It was also a natural oasis with rich pastures and a permanent course of the Kasti River, which helped its development.

The history of the Marquis begins in 1574, when The Spaniard Don Gutiérrez Velázquez de Ovando obtained the lands of the Tarija region from the Crown and its areas of influence. To these possessions were added the bequests of Humahuaca, which was administered by one of his seven sons until 1669. This concentration of power He turned the Yaffe estate into his main residence The original workforce in those areas was to work in Yafe, La Angostura and Togo.

Velázquez de Ovando died in 1676. She was his only living daughter, Juana Clemencia Velasquez de Ovando y MogollonHe was born in Tarija in 1667. I inherited all the assets. At just eleven years old, she was forced to marry the master of the field Juan José Fernández Campero y Herreraa nobleman born in 1645 in Abionzo, Cantabria. The wedding was celebrated on August 5, 1678, despite the young woman’s formal protest.

On December 30, 1690, Juana Clemencia died of childbirth, leaving no children. The entire family fortune passed into her husband’s hands. In 1707, the wealthy widower was given the title of Marquis of Togo. From here, Yaffe became the seat of the Marquisate of the Togo Valley. Fernandez Campero He devoted himself to increasing his wealth over a wide area that extended from Buna to Uunga.

There are two main buildings of the former Marquis of Jaffe: the church and the museum. The Marquis financed the construction Puno temples at Cochinoka and CasabindoHe hired a Cuzco painter Matthew Pizarro To decorate the Temple of San Francisco de Yave. Church Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Francis of Assisi Construction began in 1682 and was completed eight years later.

The temple, designed as a chapel for the Marquis, contains a main altar with images of the Virgin of the Rosary and Saint Francis encased in gold. Its mudbrick walls are up to 1.20 meters wide, and the original ceilings were made of cardoon tied with leather ties. Displays the structure Three altars, a carved pulpit and oil paintings on canvas in the Cusco style.

The unique detail is the windows that are used Transparent agate stone sheets It is five centimeters thick instead of glass, allowing sunlight to pass through it. The church is a National Historic Monument and maintains its original condition, with the only restoration being the roof, now made of Spanish tiles.

In front of the church is the main house of the farm, known as “Marquis House“This residence was owned by the Fernandez Campero family and housed figures from Argentine history such as Mariano Moreno, Manuel Belgrano and Juan Manuel de Pueridón. Today the building, with its huge central courtyard, houses a museum with original 18th-century walls and doors.

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