Cafayate

Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Plaza 20 de Febrero. The town Cafayate is located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta. It sits 1683 m above sea level and has about 12000 inhabitants.

The Cafayates were a tribe of the Diaguita-Calchaquí group, which, together with the related Tolombón, inhabited the Valles Calchaquíes prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores. Their language was known as Cacán. Like other Diaguita tribes, they had recently fallen under the influence of the Incas, after a prolonged resistance. They later mounted a fierce resistance to the Spaniards.