Ramos Mejía
Ramos Mejía | ||
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Area code | +54 011 |
Ramos Mejía is a city in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The town has an area of 11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi) and a population of 98,547.[1] The city is one of the largest commercial districts in the Western area of Greater Buenos Aires.
History
The land where the city is now located was originally purchased from Martín José de Altolaguirre by Francisco Ramos Mejía in 1808. Ramos Mejía was the son of a merchant from Seville, and had returned from a nine-year stay in the Upper Peru, where his business interests had met with success. The ranch became noteworthy as the site of the first public religious controversy in Argentina, when Ramos Mejía's differences over the interpretation of biblical canon with the local parish priest, Father Castañeda, led to the former's exile from the parish in 1821.[2]
The property remained in name of wife, María Antonia Segurola de Ramos Mejía, who became its sole proprietor upon her husband's death in 1828. Confiscated by order of Governor
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Subsequent sales by the heirs, and its resale as parcels, led to the establishment of the town in 1871.
Ramos Mejía would be the site of other milestones in the history of
Among the most important educational institutions in the city are the Ward College, established in 1913, the Santo Domingo College (founded in 1915), and the
The city is the birthplace of, among other well-known personalities in Argentina, comedian
Places of Interest
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Ramos Mejía is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from the center of Buenos Aires (capital), and has rapid access through highways. Has many historical buildings, churches, and schools
The Ramos Mejia Station: it's a city heritage, and the mansion next to the station has symbolic value, because it is the center of the history of Ramos Mejia. This building, from 1906 was designed and built by Dutch architect John Doyer (1862–1936), who designed and built also the Once railway station. The architecture design matches the late Victorian style.
Education
Public Schools
- School Nuestra Señora del Carmen(Elementary)
- School General José de San Martín (Elementary/High School)
- School José Manuel Estrada (Elementary/High School)
- School Bernardino Rivadavia (Elementary)
- School República de Brasil (Elementary)
- School Juan Bautista Alberdi (Elementary)
- School Hipólito Yrigoyen (Elementary)
- School Patricias Argentinas (Elementary)
- School Jorge Simon Liborio Muse (Elementary)
- School Sargento Cabral (Elementary)
- School General G. A. de Lamadrid (Elementary)
- School Alas Argentinas (Elementary)
- School República de Venezuela (Elementary)
- School José Félix Bogado (High School)
- School Santa María de Buenos Aires (High School)
- School Esteban Echeverria(High School)
- School Juan B de la Salle (High School)
Private Schools
- School Nuestra Señora de Fatima (Elementary – High School)
- School Parroquial San Juan XXIII (Maternal – Inicial – Elementary – High School regular and technical – Tertiary)
- Institute Don Bosco (Elementary – High School)
- School Ramos Mejia (Inicial – Elementary – High School)
- School Santo Domingo (Kindergarten – Elementary – High School)
- Institute San Miguel (Inicial – Elementary – High School)
- School Santísimo Redentor (Elementary – High School)
- Escuela Argentina del Oeste (Elementary – High School)
- Escuela Jean Piaget (Elementary – High School)
- Institute Santo Tomás de Aquino (Kindergarten – Elementary – High School)
- Institute French (Kindergarten – Elementary – High School)
- School del Parque (Elementary – High School)
- Escuela Colina de la Paz (Elementary)
- Institute Sarmiento (High School)
- Institute Juan José Castelli (High School) — Closed in 2008 permanently
- School Guillermo de Orange – Orange Day School (Inicial – Elementary – High School)
Notable people
- Luis Fabián Artime, soccer player
- Héctor Calcaño, actor
- Germán Delfino, soccer referee
- Mariano Donda, soccer player
- Leopoldo Federico, tango conductor
- Sabrina Garciarena, actress
- Antonio Gasalla, actor and comedian
- Christian Gómez, soccer player
- Araceli González, actress
- Diana Ingro, actress
- Verónica Magario, politician, Mayor of La Matanza between 2015 and 2019
- Jorge Minissale, rock musician
- Agustín Orión, soccer player (Boca Juniors)
- Gustavo "Cucho" Parisi, singer and musician, leader of Los Auténticos Decadentes
- Walter Pérez, cyclist
- Erica Rivas, actress
- Carlos Ruckauf, politician
- Damián Szifron, tv producer
- Fernando Tobio, soccer player
- María Elena Walsh, writer and musician
References
- ^ "Ramos Mejía". wikiradar.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-25.
- ^ a b c "Historia de Ramos Mejía". Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ a b c "Presentaron el libro "Ramos Mejía, su historia"". Diario Noticias con Objetividad.
- ^ "El Museo Casa de la Estación Ramos Mejía ya está abierto al público". Provincias y Municipio. Agencia Nova. 1 February 2008.