Los Toldos (Sometimes referred to as General Viamonte) is a small town in
Buenos Aires Province
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, Argentina, situated in
General Viamonte Partido, which developed around a station of the same name on the
Buenos Aires Western Railway
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. It is located at from the city of
Buenos Aires
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and had about 17,600 inhabitants in 2001.
It is most famous as the birthplace of Argentine
First Lady
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Eva Perón
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in 1919.
The town of Los Toldos is home to an
Indigenous
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Mapuche
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colony.
Tourist attractions
*Parque Balneario Municipal (Municipal Balneario Park)
Carnaval de Los Toldos*Laguna La Azotea or Rehue
*
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* [https://archive.today/20120629004506/http://www.evitadelostoldos.org/el_museo.htm Museo Municipal Casa Natal María Eva Duarte de Perón en Los Toldos (María Eva Duarte de Perón's Birthplace and Ancestral Home Municipal Museum in Los Toldos)]
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
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