Yapeyú is a town in the
province
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of
Corrientes, Argentina, in the
San Martín Department. It has about 2,000 inhabitants as per the , and it is known throughout the country because it was the birthplace of General
José de San Martín
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(1778–1850), hero of the
War of Independence
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. One of its notable monuments is the Arco Trunco.
Etymology
The word ''Yapeyú'' comes from the
Guaraní language
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and means "ripe fruit"; in other times, it was also the name of the river that is called today
Guaviraví. Presbyter Eduardo J. Maldonado considers it a combination of the guaraní words "Yaye" ("The place where") and "Peyú" ("blowing of the wind"). Under this perspective, "Yapeyú" would mean in guaraní language "The place where the wind blows".
[Galasso, p. 12]
History
The town was founded on December 4, 1626 by the
Jesuit
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Pedro Romero, who gave it the name ''Villa de Nuestra Señora de los Santos Reyes Magos y Yapeyú''. The town was one of the 30 missions established at the beginning of the 17th century that were destroyed in 1817 by the
Portuguese army. The city was later rebuilt, and the ruins of the little fortress, which at the end of the 18th century had been the home of Lt. Juan de San Martín and his wife, Gregoria Matorras, were preserved.
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Basic info about the town
Populated places in Corrientes Province
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