Villa de María del Río Seco (usually shortened to Villa de María, not to be confused with
Villa María) is a town in the
province
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of
Córdoba, Argentina. It has 3,819 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the
Río Seco Department. It lies in the north of the province, by
National Route 9, about south of the provincial border with
Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a sur ...
and north-northeast of the provincial capital
Córdoba.
Villa de María was founded in 1796 or 1797 by the Marquis
Rafael de Sobremonte (then to be
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata), with the name of Río Seco. Its name was changed to the current one by provincial governor
Roque Ferreira on 26 May 1858.
The town was the birthplace of the poet
Leopoldo Lugones
Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic ...
(1874–1938), whose childhood house is today a museum and a
National Historic Monument. The area was also the stage of the assassination of the ''
caudillo
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'' of
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos (, "Between Rivers") is a Center Region, Argentina, central provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires (so ...
Francisco Ramírez, in 1821.
Climate
Notable people
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Leopoldo Lugones
Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic ...
, poet (1874-1938)
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Renzo Saravia footballer (1993)
References
External links
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Villa de Maríaat Enjoy-Argentina.org.
Villa de María del Río Secoat TurismoCordoba.com.ar.
location/geography
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Populated places in Córdoba Province, Argentina