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1. El Valle Fértil es
��� �ierr� ver�e,
e� �e�io �e ��
�e�ierto i�hó�pito. /
The Valle Fértil it’s
a green mountain
range, in the
middle of an inhos-
pitable desert
The visit is done by car, with a tour guide that
explains the erosion phenomenon which provoked
the formation of this rugged sight, where we find
formations in the shape of a sphinx, of mushroom
and of columns. Some strange arsenic spheres and
some sumptuous red-coloured cliffs.
The fame of the park resides in the great quan-
tity of fossils found, that belong to the Triassic Pe-
riod of the Secondary Era, which began 248 million
years ago, distinguished by the expansion of the
first dinosaurs and mammals.
We also visited the National Park of Talam-
paya, with its impressive red canyon, of the La
Quijada, we went through La Pampa and the vine-
yards of La Rioja that encircle the small city of La
Rioja, which sleeps under the sun at the foot of
the mountain range where a Franciscan XVI cen-
tury convent is found, considered as the most an-
cient of Argentina.
We go on to the north of these dry pampas,
where the vineyards paint the landscape green
up to the San Fernando of the Valley of Catamarca,
found ina forest covered ravine. Beyond themoun-
tains, we discover the tropical valley of Tucumán
with its sugar cane sown fields, being the smallest
province in Argentina reaching to its capital.
L� vi�it� �e h�ce e� coche, co� �� g�í� q�e explic�
e�e fe�ó�e�o �e ero�ió� q�e provocó l� for��ció� �e
e�e �gre�te p�i��je, �o��e e�co�tr��o� for��cio�e�
e� for�� �e e�fi�ge, �e ho�go y �e col�����. U���
extr�ñ�� e�fer�� �e �re�i�c� y ��o� ���t�o�o� �c���
til��o� �e color rojo.
L� f��� �el p�rq�e r��ic� e� l� gr�� c��ti��� �e
fó�ile� e�co�tr��o� y q�e ��t�� �el Perio�o Triá�ico
�e l� Er� Sec����ri�, q�e co�e��ó h�ce 248 �illo�e�
�e �ño�, c�r�cteri�á��o�e co� l� exp���ió� �e lo� pri�
�ero� �i�o���rio� y ���ífero�.
Vi�it��o� t��bié� el P�rq�e N�cio��l �e T�l���
p�y�, co� �� i�pre�io���te c�ñó� roji�o, el �e L�
Q�ij���, �tr�ve���o� L� P��p� y lo� viñe�o� �e L�
Rioj� q�e ro�e�� l� peq�eñ� ci���� �e L� Rioj�, l� c��l
��er�e b�jo el �ol �l pie �e l� �ierr� y �o��e �e e��
c�e�tr� �� co�ve�to fr��ci�c��o �el �iglo XVI, co��i�
�er��o co�o el �á� ��tig�o �e Arge�ti��.
Seg�i�o� h�ci� el �orte e� e��� ári��� p��p��,
�o��e lo� viñe�o� pi�t�� el p�i��je �e ver�e h��t� lle�
gar a San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, situado en
��� q�ebr��� c�biert� �e bo�q�e.
P�����o l�� �o�t�ñ��, �e�c�bri�o� el v�lle tro�
pic�l �e T�c��á� co� ��� �e�br��illo� �e c�ñ� �e
��úc�r, �ie��o l� provi�ci� �á� chic� �e Arge�ti��,
h��t� lleg�r � �� c�pit�l.
