Los Toldos
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Los Toldos is a small city in Buenos Aires Province
, Argentina
, situated in the of General Viamonte Partido
, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway
. It is located at 310 km (193 mi) from Buenos Aires
and has about 17,600 inhabitants (2001).
It is most famous as the birthplace of Argentine first lady
Eva Peron
.
The town of Los Toldos is home to an Indigenous
Mapuche
colony.
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, situated in the of General Viamonte Partido
General Viamonte Partido
General Viamonte Partido is a partido located in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,600 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Los Toldos, which is located from Buenos Aires....
, which developed around a station of the same name on the Buenos Aires Western Railway
Buenos Aires Western Railway
The Buenos Aires Western Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina...
. It is located at 310 km (193 mi) from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and has about 17,600 inhabitants (2001).
It is most famous as the birthplace of Argentine first lady
First Lady
First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
Eva Peron
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
.
The town of Los Toldos is home to an Indigenous
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
colony.
Tourist attractions
- Parque Balneario Municipal (Municipal Balneario Park) Carnaval de Los Toldos
- Laguna La Azotea or Rehue La Casa de María Eva Duarte de Perón (María Eva Duarte de Perón's House) El monasterio benedictino Santa María de Los Toldos (Los Toldos Benedicitine Monastery)
- Monumento al Indio (Indian Monument)
- Plaza Bernardino Rivadavia (Bernardino Rivadavia Square)
- Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Nuestra Señora del Pilar Church)
- Monasterio Hermanas de la Santa Cruz (Hermanas de la Santa Cruz Monastery)
- Museo de Artes e Historia de Los Toldos (Los Toldos Museum of Art and History)
- Aeroclub General Viamonte
- Vivero Escuela de Educación Especial Nº 501