Introduction

To strengthen the province's tourism offering, the Tucumán Tourism Board is carrying out actions in conjunction with the Human Rights Secretariat to design a historical circuit that encourages the identification and visitation of sites and spaces where crimes against humanity were committed or planned, both during Operation Independence and the last civil-military dictatorship (1975-1983) as well as at other times in our history.

These actions, which involved the incorporation of signage and digital support to provide relevant information, are part of the public policies of Memory, Truth and Justice that symbolize the commitment of the democratic State to publicize and condemn crimes against humanity, promote the prosecution of those responsible and recognize victims, survivors and their families.

These interventions in public space combine support and reparation for victims of illegal repression and the promotion of community participation in the construction of memory, so that such harmful events do not happen again.

University School of Physical Education

The current building of the UNT School of Physical Education housed a clandestine detention center during Operation Independence and the civil-military dictatorship, where around 250 people were kidnapped. Some of them remain missing to this day.

According to testimonies and evidence provided, it was learned that the men's gymnasium of the then University School of Physical Education was used for interrogations, while different classrooms were used as torture chambers, cells to house kidnapped people and rooms for members of the Army. The National Gendarmerie was in charge of guarding the place.

In March 1998, the UNT declared these facilities a Historical Monument to Memory and held a tribute to the student Gustavo Santillán, who disappeared in 1976. In 2002, the Honorable Superior Council of the University declared the building a Permanent Site of Memory. In April 2015, the National and Provincial Secretariat for Human Rights, in a joint project with the Secretariat for Institutional Policies and Communication of the UNT, designated the building as a Site of Memory.