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The town was founded on February 10, 1874 by governmental decree, and by initiative of Patricio Peralta Ramos. It is said that Pedro Luro, a Basque merchant, had the idea of turning the growing town into a European-style bathing resort three years later.
Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province.
Mar del Plata was founded in 1874, after Patriço Peralta Ramos acquired three landholdings from Meyrelles in 1860 and promoted the sites as a seaside resort. In 1907 Mar del Plata was declared a city and has since that time developed as one of Argentina’s foremost ocean-resort areas.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The first European navigator to visit the beaches and cliffs of what one day would become Mar del Plata was Sir Francis Drake in his 1577 circumnavigation voyage.
Mar del Plata is Argentina's second-largest tourist hub, just behind the capital, Buenos Aires, and sees its population swell by nearly 300% in the summer months.
Mar del Plata nació a fines del Siglo XIX, en terrenos ondulantes, con serpenteadas costas que ingresan al océano, surcados por lomadas rocosas que se pierden en el mar. Los primeros pobladores fueron los aborígenes llamados Pampas, cuyo modo de vida se basó en la caza y en la recolección de frutos que obtenían en desplazamientos por la ...
Historical, architectural and scenery value. The houses of yesterday. Wood, tiles and ceramics. Towards the middle of the century, the eclectic expression of materials, textures, colors and shape composition began to co-exist with local techniques and materials, among which the Mar del Plata stone, wood, tiles and ceramics stand out, thus ...
Mar del Plata is a coastal city of Argentina in the province of Buenos Aires, 250 miles from the capital. This bustling city (2001 population 560,274), founded in 1874, has developed into the favorite seaside resort of the inhabitants of the capital.
The first permanent settlement in the area was established by the Spanish in 1746, and the city was officially founded in 1874. In the late 19th century, Mar del Plata quickly became a popular destination for wealthy Argentines who wanted to escape the summer heat of Buenos Aires.
Historical records show the area of Mar del Plata (38°05′ S/57°32′ W, Argentina) as inhabited by extensive seal colonies; the present study describes the evolution of their size and location from the 16th century to the present.