History
San Antonio de Areco Taking its name, according to tradition, the river which passes through the area, which in turn should a military Areco surname that would have triumphed over the Indians in a battle given its banks in early XVII Century, the is now known as City of San Antonio de Areco first originated around a chapel. High in 1728 within the stay of the Spanish Jose Ruiz de Arellano, the chapel was dedicated two years later to San Antonio as a plea for the cessation of Malone. Past twenty years and in July 1750, Arellano donate the chapel over 1,000 rods on the river front Areco fund by 9000, following implementation of the founding of the people. More than a century would take San Antonio de Areco in choosing for the first time by popular vote, their communal authorities, and this would not be the only measure late sovereign, the current territorial limits of the match would be newly established in October 1865. In 1939 the government of the province of Buenos Aires establish Day Tradition coinciding with the anniversary of Jose Hernandez, and arranging its conclusion especially in San Antonio de Areco, a place where history and tradition have been united across the Estancia the Porteña, which refers to Ricardo Güiraldes writer and his famous character, Don Segundo Sombra. Source: Ministry of Tourism of the Province of Buenos Aires El Gaucho Lead a nomadic life and away from the cities, are found in deserted areas of Pampa, where they were thousands of heads of cows and wild horses without owners, called Maroons. " Through these pigs meet their needs, enough to operate them an animal and the others what nature provided, did not lack anything else. Thus begins to shape the image of the gaucho free, without work experience or fixed, travels great distances on horseback and sleeping to open. With the emergence of Stays on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the customs of the gaucho began to change as abandon the nomadic life and concentrate on the job. The gaucho knew better than anyone perform the tasks required by the stay, but once again money collected their lives free. The gaucho man was typical of our countryside and also the cause of discussions and polemics. Many writers, including Sarmiento with his book "The Facundo" painted as the lazy, lazy and bandit, however exaggerated its other virtues and exalts his life freely and untethered. Today we tend to understand that the existence of the gaucho was a consequence of the historical context in which he lived.
Recommended reading: "The Facundo" Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, "Martin Fierro" by Jose Hernandez, Leopoldo Lugones Poems such as "For the Gauchos".