La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan.
Among Argentines it is famous and infamous as the province where former president and controversial figure Carlos Menem was governor and caudillo.
Petroglyphs at the Talampaya National Park dated around 10,000 years BCE set original inhabitants long before the arri...
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La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan.
Among Argentines it is famous and infamous as the province where former president and controversial figure Carlos Menem was governor and caudillo.
Petroglyphs at the Talampaya National Park dated around 10,000 years BCE set original inhabitants long before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. When they arrived to La Rioja in the 16th century they found the diaguitas, capayanes and the olongastas.
Juan Ramírez de Velazco founded Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja in 1591 under the government of Tucumán of the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1630 there was an uprising of the Calchaquíes aborigins that was finished by governor Albornoz.
In 1783, after the creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata the control of the province of 10,000 inhabitants passed to the Córdoba indendency. The province acquired...
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