- San Martín, Mendoza
San Martín is a
city in the north-center part of theMendoza Province . It's the capital of the San Martín Department and constitutes, with Palmira andLa Colonia , the third-largestmetropolitan area in the province.History
The first San Martín inhabitants were the
Huarpe Milkayak people and the territory was governed by thetribal chief called Pallamay until 1563, when the first Europeans under the command of thecaptain Pedro Moyano Cornejo, arrived to the area.The city was known as "Rodeo de Moyano" or, alternatively, as "La Reducción" (Spanish: "The Reduction"); but its name was changed by "Villa Los Barriales" in 1816, when it was included in the Corocorto
Priesthood of Mendoza Province and officially established by theGovernor of Mendoza ,Toribio de Luzuriaga .San Martín came into prominence in the war of the Argentine independence period, when
José de San Martín received an extensive land grant in the area to take advantage ofagriculture and help the Chilean army ofBernardo O'Higgins and so prevent new Spanish invasions fromChile to Argentina. In 1823 the governorPedro Molina changed the name of the city one more time by the present one in homage to the Argentine general [San Martín was the first city inSouth America named in homage to José de San Martín.] , who, besides his inestimable historical role, contributed many innovations to the localfarming sector and inviticulture , paricularly.In 1885, the first
railway arrived in San Martin, unitingBuenos Aires with Mendoza and Chile. This development brought many Italian immigrants to area fromBuenos Aires ; during the 1950s and '60s, National Route 7 was built between Buenos Aires and Mendoza Province, converting the city into an important distibution center along the most important highway between Buenos Aires and Santiago,Chile .References
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External links
*es icon [http://www.sanmartin.mendoza.gov.ar/ Official Site]
*es icon [http://www.acsanmartin.com.ar/ Atlético Club San Martín]
*es icon [http://www.vivisanmartin2004.com.ar San Martín Tourism Guide]
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