# General Güemes Monument

Salta, Argentina

A commanding equestrian monument at the foot of Cerro San Bernardo honoring Martín Miguel de Güemes, the gaucho general who shielded northern Argentina from royalist invasions. A bronze rider crowns a stone base carved with gaucho reliefs.

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Coordinates: -24.78639, -65.4025

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