Esteban Adrogué (September 2, 1815 – 1903) was an
Argentine
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citizen born in
Buenos Aires
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and founder of the city of
Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
in the southern part of
Greater Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of B ...
, Argentina.
Early life
Son of Don José Ramón Adrogué and Doña Petrona Portela. His father, originally from
Valencia
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, Spain, was a merchant, activity that he would later develop, to reach a solid economical position. He dedicated his life to commerce and saved a good deal of money that would allow him to become a pioneer in the urbanization of the southern part of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His enterprising and progressive spirit took him to worry about public works and participated in many of them. During his lifetime, he participated in the construction on the Alsina bridge, located over the
Matanza River
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, the electricity and gas-based lighting in
Buenos Aires
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and the pavement on the streets.
Founder
By the middle of the 19th century, he was one of the founders of the city of
Lomas de Zamora
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, contributing also to the creation of the
partido bearing the same name. In the 1870s he started the project that would make him famous, the foundation of the city of
Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
, originally called Almirante Brown, and the foundation of the
Almirante Brown Partido
Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates .
It has an area of and 555,731 inhabitants (), and its capital is Adrogué.
Name
The partido is n ...
. It was built as a fashionable area, safe from
yellow fever.
Esteban Adrogué wanted the town that would bear his name to stand out from the others, so it possesses an original layout and numerous lush trees on the sidewalks, and was the summer resort of preference of the
porteño
(feminine: ''Porteña'', in Spanish) is mainly used to refer to the residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as El Puerto de Santa María, Spain; Valparaíso, Chile; Mazatlán, Veracruz, Acapulco and ...
s aristocracy between 1872 and 1920. He was the owner of the Las Delicias hotel, formerly his own private residence, which accommodated several distinguished figures like
Jorge Luis Borges
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,
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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,
Adolfo Bioy Casares
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,
Silvina Ocampo
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,
Victoria Ocampo
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and
Carlos Pellegrini
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, among others.
On April 12, 1837, he married Isidora Amestoy Arnais y Pinazo.
Death and legacy
Esteban Adrogué died in 1903. A monument in his honor is established in the square baring his name, located in the center of the city of Adrogué. His remains rest in the
La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery () is a cemetery located in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires, neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, President of Ar ...
, in Buenos Aires.
References
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Argentine people of Spanish descent
People from Buenos Aires
1815 births
1903 deaths
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
Patrician families of Buenos Aires