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The Historical House of Tucumán (Spanish: Casa Histórica de Tucumán, officially "Casa Histórica de la Independencia") is a historic building and museum located in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, built during the colonial times.

The Congress of Tucumán worked in this house during the Argentine War of Independence, and issued the Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1816. It was nationalized decades later, and partially demolished for its poor condition.

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It was declared a National Historic Monument of Argentina in 1941, and reconstructed, with simplified details, in its original layout.

History

The city of San Miguel de Tucumán was first founded in Ibatín in 1565.

For strategic reasons, it was left and founded again in its current location in 1685. In the Spanish Colonial architecture there was a main plaza surrounded by the most important buildings, and the city was organized in a grid of squares.

Each square was divided in four parts,