Sierra de La Ventana (town)
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CPA Base B 8168 | ||
| Area code | +54 2915 | |
Sierra de La Ventana is a village in Tornquist Partido in the southwest of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a population of 1,819 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]), it is one of the most attractive tourist centres in the Province and has numerous recreation areas and parks.
The town, originally called Villa Tívoli Argentina, was founded on 17 January 1908 by Diedrich Meyer and developed around the railway station. It was later renamed Sierra de La Ventana after the nearby 1,186 m rocky peak La Ventana, part of the Sierra de la Ventana mountains, which has a natural rock formation containing an opening or 'window' 9 m wide and 11 m high. In 1959 the peak was declared a Natural Monument.
A large, luxurious hotel resort,
German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee after it was scuttled outside the harbour of Montevideo, Uruguay, by its captain, Hans Langsdorff, at the end of the Battle of the River Plate
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References
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sierra de la Ventana.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sierra de la Ventana.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- (in Spanish) PostalSerrana | Host in Sierra de la Ventana & Villa Ventana
- (in Spanish) Sierra de la Ventana portal
- (in Spanish) Tourist website
- (in Spanish) Sierra de La Ventana blog
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