Villa Mantero is a village and municipality in

Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos (, "Between Rivers") is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south), Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west), and Uruguay in the east. Its capital is Paraná ( ...

in north-eastern

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

.Ministerio del Interior
The municipality includes the town of the same name and a rural area. It is located 40 km from the town of

Pronunciamiento A ''pronunciamiento'' (, pt, pronunciamento ; "proclamation , announcement or declaration") is a form of military rebellion or ''coup d'état'' particularly associated with Spain, Portugal and Latin America, especially in the 19th century. Typol ...

, 30 from the town of

Caseros Caseros might refer to: * Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina * Caseros (Entre Ríos), Argentina * Caseros Department, a provincial political subdivision in Santa Fe Province, Argentina * Caseros Prison, Argentina * Battle of Caseros, Argentina * Caser ...

, 50 km from

Concepción del Uruguay Concepción del Uruguay is a city in Argentina. It is located in the Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos province, on the western shore of the Uruguay River, some 320 kilometers north from Buenos Aires. Its population is about 80,000 inhabitants ( ...

and 15 km from

Basavilbaso Basavilbaso is a town in the center region of the provinces of Argentina, province of Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Argentina, about from Concepción del Uruguay. It has about 9,700 inhabitants as per the . Locals often shorten the name to Ba ...

. Agro-industrial town, with big rice, corn and legumes mills.

History

The oldest antecedent of this town is the San Pedro ranch, on its outskirts, properties of

Justo José de Urquiza Justo José de Urquiza y García (; October 18, 1801 – April 11, 1870) was an Argentine general and politician who served as president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860. Life Justo José de Urquiza y García was b ...

and his descendants for more than a century and a half. Here, the plot that culminated in the murder of Justo José de Urquiza, led by Sergeant Major Simón Luengo and Nicomedes Coronel, butler of the

caudillo A ''caudillo'' ( , ; osp, cabdillo, from Latin , diminutive of ''caput'' "head") is a type of personalist leader wielding military and political power. There is no precise definition of ''caudillo'', which is often used interchangeably with " ...

, took place. After Urquiza's death, the properties was inherited by his daughter Justa, married to General

Luis María Campos Luis María Campos (born in Buenos Aires, June 1838, died in the same city, October 1907) was an Argentine general and founder of the Argentine '' Escuela Superior de Guerra'', which is now named after him. He initially joined the army of the St ...

. The main house of San Pedro dates back to 1872, although the current Tudor residences was built on the original building in 1928 with the addition of splendid furniture. On October 19, 1876, Argentine Law No. 817 on Immigration and Colonization was passed, known as the "Avellaneda Law", with which the history of the massive European colonization in Argentina begins. This law refers in its first part to immigration and, in the second, to colonization. But this was not enough, it was necessary to open trade, exploit natural resources; land, minerals, livestock, and the vast plains had to be populated with industrious hands. With regard to Entre Ríos, the Executive Power authorized by Law of June 11, 1883 the construction and operation of a European standard gauge railway, from Paraná to

, passing through

Nogoyá Nogoyá is a city in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 22,824 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the Nogoyá Department. It lies in the southwest of the province, by the Nogoyá Stream (a tributary of the Paraná River), a ...

and

Rosario del Tala Rosario del Tala is a city in the center-south of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 12,801 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Tala Department. It lies on the western banks of the Gualeguay River, 179 km east-so ...

, being contracted for the Lucas Gonzales & Cía. At kilometer 235,650 the station 1 ° de Mayo was located. It was founded on September 29, 1893, and its founder was Juan Miguel Seró. It was born as a Development Board (or 2nd category municipality) on October 26, 1916. As of December 10, 2011, it became a municipality.

References

Populated places in Entre Ríos Province {{EntreRíosAR-geo-stub