San Miguel de Tucumán

San Miguel de Tucumán is the capital city of Tucumán province in northwest Argentina. Independence Square, the city's busy hub, is home to a neoclassical cathedral and the grand, art nouveau Government House. Museo Casa Padilla, the former home of a prominent local family, has 19th-century furniture and art. The Museo Casa Histórica de la Independencia commemorates Argentina's emancipation from Spanish rule in 1816.