Los Toldos (Sometimes referred to as General Viamonte) is a small town in
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires, officially the Buenos Aires Province, is the largest and most populous Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province an ...
, Argentina, situated in
General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the
Buenos Aires Western Railway. It is located at from the city of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
and had about 13,400 inhabitants in 2001.
It is most famous as the birthplace of Argentine
First Lady Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until ...
in 1919.
The town of Los Toldos is home to an
Indigenous Mapuche
The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...
colony.
Tourist attractions
*Parque Balneario Municipal (Municipal Balneario Park)
Carnaval de Los Toldos*Laguna La Azotea or Rehue
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Monasterio Benedictino Santa María (Benedictine Monastery of St Mary)
*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
External links
Official Government Website of General Viamonte Partido*
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
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