San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
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San Lorenzo is a city in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 23 km north of Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River, and forming one end of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area. It is the head town of the San Lorenzo Department, and it has about 43,500 inhabitants according to the
San Lorenzo has no certain foundation date, but the Municipal Council decided, in 1984, to settle on 1796-05-06, the date when Franciscan friars came and started the evangelization of the area.
The city was the stage of the Battle of San Lorenzo on 1813-02-03, where troops loyal to the Spanish Crown were defeated by local revolutionaries under General José de San Martín. The 18th century San Carlos Monastery has a museum devoted to this battle, the first in the Argentine War of Independence.
References
- In Spanish unless otherwise noted.
- [Municipality of San Lorenzo] - Official website.
- [Municipal information] - Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- [Inforama] - Municipal information at the official website of the Santa Fe provincial government.
- [Bienvenidos a Santa Fe] - A web portal of the province of Santa Fe.
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