The entrance to the Quebrada de Humahuaca seduces with the Cerro de los Siete Colores, craft fairs and church centennial.



Tanned by the sun and the effort of hand-loom weavers engaged Purmamarca to emulate the beauty of the Cerro de los Siete Colores. It is a delight to eavesdrop apply the technique to recreate that amazing color burst, which graces the entrance to the Quebrada de Humahuaca as a gate reserved for the gods.

The yellow, orange, blue and crimson wool rustic pieces seem detached from the crown pieces of stone, for display at the posts linked in the square. The long silences that fly over this town of Jujuy centenary create the ideal atmosphere for the flow of inspiration from the artisans.

It speaks little and the voices are perceived timidity drowned in the narrow streets of downtown. Only screams coming from the caravans of tourists who climb the hill Morado, determined to be in the retinas the images of all the folds of the Seven Colors.

The ornate nature assigned to Purmamarca can not be conceived devoid of the sky without the slightest wrinkle, the multitude of thistles still on the slope and the path entangled with the Rio Grande, that climbs and climbs to curl up in the Cuesta de Lipan. Below, from the perspective of the Paseo de los Colorados, a path of 3 km surrounding the venerable hill-tones emerge white, gray and violet. Slots no longer waving minerals on the mountain and just an hour later, back in the village, the view will get relaxation.

The white walls of Santa Rosa de Lima Church, built in 1648 - offer a respite. Around this temple roofed with wood and clay cactus Manuel Belgrano rested his troops. He used the generous shade of a carob tree, which still stands, protected by a fence. From there, inevitably, had to stare at that mountain seductive than, say his admirers, "spring couplets. t

Founded in 1594, to 2,200 meters above sea level.

Santa Rosa church dates from 1648.