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Glew

Glew is a typical small town in the Province of Buenos Aires. It is well known for its art and culture. Founded on October 12 1865, it is only 34km from the Autonomous City.The reason for its name is in honour to the first owner of the lands,Juan Glew, who sells a fraction of his lands to the ¨New¨ Railway Station; currently,the name is Glew Railway Station. The railway line divides the city from North to South; The area located to to the East of the railway line is called ¨New Commercial City¨ and the area to the West is called ¨Old City¨. The first is the shopping area and the second is the art and culture area. The Old City has typical houses and the jewel of the small town, Chapel Santa Ana. The chapel is small and beautiful made of bricks and it houses the famous Raul Soldi´s murals. The story begins when the painter falls in love with the solitary landscape of the area, at the beginning of 1950; he likes the peace and quiet of its streets, its typical old houses and above all the small chapel. The painter observes the walls are blank so he decides to paint eleven frescoes and two oils in which he depicts scenes of the life of Santa Ana, the Mother of Virgin Mary. It takes him 23 summers to finish his work using the Rennaisance technique of fresco.In his paintings appear the common people who live in the place, his family members, the house of the small town founders and the original fauna and flora; Soldi expressed ¨I want to leave a document tied to the biblical poem;the villagers´ lives as well as these objects are recorded on the chapel walls for ever¨.

González Catán

Campanópolis

Campanópolis is a medieval style town in the city of González Catán. It is in a small area of twenty hectares. It has plains, wild forests, rivers, streams, lakes, dock, and towers. There is a Dutch windmill. It is big. There is also a colonial chapel. There are houses like out of a fairy tale; they are very beautiful. There are important museums. Today it is visited by tourists.

Ayacucho

Ayacucho is in the Province of Buenos aires and it was founded on 19 th Jul,y 1865. This name in the Quichua language means “ Corner of the Dead.” The founder was Mr. Jose Z. Miguens and it was declared “town” on 13 th July, 1934.

Famous fest The Ayacucho region is the main producer of cows and calfs in Argentina. Since 1969 the town has celebrated “The fest of the calves and the marking with fire”. The fest has shows, activities for farmers, exibition horses , fairs and much more.The fest finishes with a popular barbacue on the street. The town has now got the name: “National capital of the calf“. Jose Hernandez mentions this city in the famous Martin Fierro. This is an important part of Argentinean History, because he knew Mr Miguens and they were good friends.

Oustanding characters

• Ricardo Balbín: Argentinean politician and lawyer. He lived in Ayacucho and when he was 18 years old, he moved to La Plata to study at university.

• Mario Clavel: popular Singer, writer and actor.

• Fabián Veloz: Baritone, he performed in the Colon and Argentinean theatres, the Metropolitan Opera House (New York), Dresden (Germany), Milan, etc.

History about Horses “Gato and Mancha” This Argentinean story follows the travel of two horses: Gato and Mancha. They left from Solanet, near to Ayacucho in 1925 and arrived in New York , USA , in 1928, ridden by the Swissman Mr. Aime Tschiffley. In fact, they left Buenos Aires on 24th July 1925 and started the “travel of the Century”. The journey was 21,000 kms long. Today these animals are embalmed in Lujan’s Museum. For that feat , 21000 kms and 3 years of traveling, every 20th September is “Horse day” in Argentina.

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is a city in the south-east of the province of Buenos Aires. It is a seaside town and one of the main tourist points of Argentina. The city has about 600,000 residents but in the summer time the population expands 300%. Mar del Plata is called the Argentinian Biarritz, because it is similar to the French city. In summer there are a lot of theatres which move from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata. Every year there is an international film festival. Its main tourist attractions are its beaches, the casino, the pedestrian streets, the Torreón del Monje, etc.

Tres Arroyos

It’s a small city and it belongs to Buenos Aires Province. It’s in the south east. Its streets have a lot of trees. It also has a city centre with very nice shops. There is San Martín Square, there is a big church: Nuestra Señora del Carmen, opposite the square and the City Hall. There are very expensive fields of wheat, sunflower and maize. On the outskirts there is an industrial park and one agricultural high school. It has one College, an extension of La Plata University in Economy and Physical Education. Tres Arroyos is about two hours from the sea. There is a beach, Claromecó; it’s beautiful but it’s windy. It’s a good place for a holiday.

Claromecó

I'm from Tres Arroyos and Claromecó (K'laromeko) is our most important beach. The others are Orense and Reta, but I love Claromecó. Claromecó is the Spanish translation of Araucano's language. It means “junquillo” (a native plant) in the water. The beach is very long and very quiet, so a lot of families with children prefer it. Young people love Claromecó too. They can swim, row and play football, rugby and volleyball on the beach. They can also go jet-skiing and water skiing too. You can visit the lighthouse. It's the third highest in the country and people can go up in the afternoon. The panoramic view is fantastic. A lot of fishermen go to the third and fourth “salto of stone”, near the lighthouse, because they can fish a great deal. “The twenty-four hours of the black corvina” takes place during the third weekend of January. It's lovely… at night it's wonderful to see all the lights along the beach. Last January, there were 4895 fishermen. The prizes are very important too (cars, for example). There are many restaurants where I like eating seafood. Claromecó is a beautiful place to go on holiday.

Villa Gesell

Villa Gesell is a touristic city. It is located on the coast of the province of Buenos Aires. It has a beautiful forest.The forest area is very attractive.In the forest every evening there's a concert of a choir under the starry sky. It is a very big city and the beaches are very nice. There's Carlos Gesell's house, It's built on dunes and It's now a historical museum.