{"id":126,"date":"2026-01-31T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ischigualasto\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:12:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ischigualasto.gob.ar\/?page_id=126","title":{"rendered":"El Parque"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"126\" class=\"elementor elementor-126\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbcf082 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbcf082\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" 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elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60f397f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">El Parque<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0317a03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0317a03\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7de035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7de035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-aos=\"fade-down\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ischigualasto.gob.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo.2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1405\" alt=\"logo.2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ischigualasto.gob.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo.2.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ischigualasto.gob.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo.2-110x78.png 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" title=\"El Parque\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f997276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f997276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fue declarado \u00c1rea Protegida por el Gobierno de la Provincia de San Juan el 3 de\nNoviembre de 1971 por su valor paleontol\u00f3gico principalmente, lo que con\nposterioridad fue confirmado con la Declaraci\u00f3n de Patrimonio de la Humanidad\nrealizado por UNESCO el 30 de Noviembre del A\u00f1o 2000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e46fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79e46fa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59169ea elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"59169ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6841cc4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6841cc4\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.ischigualasto.gob.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/founder-el-parq.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1410\" alt=\"founder el parq\" title=\"El Parque\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b1b06f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b1b06f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81144c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81144c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>El Dr. William Dudley Sill fue el primer investigador en liderar desde San Juan exploraciones paleontol\u00f3gicas en busca de f\u00f3siles en ese lugar, tambi\u00e9n conocido como \u201cEl Valle de la Luna\u201d. Fue tambi\u00e9n el m\u00e1ximo responsable de crear por ley el \u201cParque Provincial Ischigualasto\u201d y el principal impulsor de la declaraci\u00f3n del sitio como \u201cPatrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad\u201d.<\/p><p>William Sill naci\u00f3 en 1937 en Las Vegas, Nevada, Estados Unidos. En 1959 lleg\u00f3 a San Juan como misionero de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los \u00daltimos D\u00edas. En esta provincia conoci\u00f3 a la albardonera N\u00e9lida Salinas, con quien luego form\u00f3 <br \/>familia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4fa66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c4fa66\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f22ed6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f22ed6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWilliam Sill regres\u00f3 a la Argentina en 1969 como ge\u00f3logo contratado por YPF para trabajar en Luj\u00e1n,\u00a0 Mendoza. Un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s se hizo cargo en San Juan de la c\u00e1tedra de Paleontolog\u00eda en la flamante carrera de Geolog\u00eda de la Facultad de Ingenier\u00eda y Ciencias Exactas, F\u00edsicas y Naturales (FICEFN), por entonces dependiente de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO); m\u00e1s tarde se incorpor\u00f3 tambi\u00e9n al Museo de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Provincial\nDomingo F. Sarmiento<\/br><\/br>\n\nEl mismo William hab\u00eda creado una muy buena relaci\u00f3n con el Gobierno de San Juan y la Universidad Nacional, por lo que no le cost\u00f3 mucho convencer a las autoridades para crear por ley en 1971 el \u201cParque Provincial Ischigualasto\u201d. Las campa\u00f1as paleontol\u00f3gicas de Williams Sill y su equipo permitieron reunir durante el periodo 1971 \u2013 1976 la primera colecci\u00f3n en San Juan de paleovertebrados de Ischigualasto. 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