Del Viso

Pillar Party, Del Viso (1)

Del Viso is an Argentine city located in the Pilar district, Buenos Aires province, approximately 44 km from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. It was founded on January 1, 1909.

Its population is part of Greater Buenos Aires, although administratively it is not part of it, like the rest of Partido del Pilar.

On January 29, 1813, General José de San Martín was at the Horse Grenadier Post in Arroyo Pinazo because he lacked horses to go to the battle of San Lorenzo, he stayed one day at the Arroyo Pinazo Post and then continued his journey to Santa Fe.

Formerly an area dedicated to agriculture, various commercial activities are carried out in the city and it has well-differentiated residential areas, among which country houses, country houses, gated communities and a country house located in Labarden.

In 1998, the journalist Héctor Maggiani gave it the name "City of Birds" to this town. This title occurred to him thanks to an exhibition of birds that he visited at the National Flower Festival.

Boxer Pedro Décima is a native of this town. Internationally renowned personalities such as Valentina Álvarez still keep their old houses in the town where they grew up.

There is a railway station of the same name, belonging to the General Belgrano Railway, Belgrano Norte line. See: Viso Station

In the town there are certain gastronomic centers of good taste, such as Kansas, La parolaccia. In addition, Del Viso has the presence of the two largest gym chains in the country, Megatlon and Sportclub

Personalities

• Matías Rossi, Argentinian speed motor racing pilot. Argentine Champion of the categories Tourism Road, Tourism Competition 2000 (Super and Original), National Tourism (Class 3) and Super Renault Formula.

Parishes of the Catholic Church in Del Viso