Lobos

Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by Jos� Salgado.

Contents
1 Background
2 History
2.1 Jesuit missions
2.2 Nuestra Se�ora Del Carmen Church
3 Politics
4 Tourism
5 Lobos Lagoon
6 Geography
7 External links
Background
Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area
known mainly because of the dairy activity and dairy-related products. Lobos
Administrative Area is bordered by Navarro to the northwest; General Las Heras to
the north; Ca�uelas to the northeast; San Miguel del Monte to the east; Roque P�rez
to the south and 25 de Mayo to the west.

The administrative area is as web divided into seven quarters: Ar�valo, Carboni,
Elvira, Empalme Lobos, Las Chacras, Salvador Mar�a and Zapiola.

Lobos Administrative Area and its divisions

Lobos Administrative Area and its divisions
Besides the rural importance, Lobos is considered an important tourist center
within the Province of Buenos Aires, Lobos Lagoon being the most important feature.
The lagoon is located some 15 km. from the city (some 115 km. From Buenos Aires).
Other areas of special interest are the local aerodrome, several ranches, a museum
of sciences of the nature and history, and Per�n�s museum.

As far as its history is concerned, Lobos is overly known for being the place of
birth of three times President Juan Domingo Per�n born on 8 October 1895, and it is
also the place where the gaucho legend Juan Moreira was killed in 1874 after
struggling with the law.

Per�n�s original house was restored and turned into a museum where photographs and
personal items can be viewed, amid other ancient artifacts of Lobos history.

History
Main article: History of Lobos
The history of Lobos began in 1740 when a Jesuit mission led by Reverend Father
Falkner, who surveyed the centre and South of the Province of Buenos Aires and thus
picked up some geographic information of the area. In 1772 thanks to Falkner's
notes a map of the region was printed in London. The map contained the inscription
Laguna de Lobos (Lagoon of Wolves, in Spanish) below the drawing of the lagoon.

It's said that the name Lobos stems from the amount of otters that at that time
populated the lagoon and were known as "lobos de agua" ("water wolves") or "lobos
de r�o" ("river wolves"), however, there are historians who believe Lobos had been
given this name due to the wild dogs staying around and because they bore a
resemblance to wolves.

By 1779 several guards settled down there and several forts, fortresses and
military positions were built to form a defence wall against the natives. These
positions were set up by order of viceroy Juan Jos� de V�rtiz y Salcedo and named
them Chascom�s, Ranchos, Monte, Lobos, Navarro, Areco and Rojas.

On 21 August 1779 Gunnery Sergeant Pedro Rodr�guez concluded the construction of

the main parts of the fort San Pedro de Los Lobos, over the eastern bank of the
Lagoon about 300 meters from its shoreline and nearly 1,500 meters east of the
mouth of Las Garzas stream, finishing the work Lieutenant Bernardo Serrano.

By the end of 18th century Jos� Salgado and his wife Pascuala Rivas de Salgado were
granted an area to colonize as a donation made by viceroy V�rtiz, founding Pago de
Los Lobos on 2 June 1802.

Back in that time, their Christian faith brought them to build a straw-and-mud
oratory, under advocation of Nuestra Se�ora del Carmen, forming the Chapel in June
1803 being the first priest doctor Jos� Garc�a Miranda. The chappel became the
urban core of Lobos.

Surveyor Federico C. De Meyrelles conducted important mesures, and planning in

1868, from which the city was constituted. The regime of city management started
when Fructuoso Vel�squez was named by the Cabildo of Buenos Aires as Mayor of the
Brethrem in 1805; after the regime was modified, the first city councillor was
Silvestre Cabral in 1822. after the first corporative city hall was established,
with limited authority the first councillor and president of the city hall was Juan
Antonio Cascallares in 1856. Finally, the first mayor of the autonomous community
was Manuel Antonio Caminos Ar�valo in 1877.

After the school councils were set up in 1875. the first president of the divisi�n
for Lobos was presbyterian Felipe Olivera, who became parish in 1876.

The first councillor with exclusive functions was Felipe Ar�oz between 1877-1878.

References to education in Lobos date back to the establishment of an elementary

school by 1832, however, it is possible that there had already been school teachers
settled in Lobos since 1826.

Jesuit missions
In 1872 a Catholic Misi�n arrived to Lobos and left wooden cruxes each with a brick
basis as clue of its presence, located at the northern part of the city near
Salgado Channel�s bank and there is another crux at the southern part of the city.

Nuestra Se�ora Del Carmen Church

The current church was opened in 1906 by Monsignor Terreno, bishop of La Plata and
it was completed in 1912.

In the church lies the rests of the founder Jos� Salgado, Colonel Domingo S.
Ar�valo, soldier of the Independence and parishes Enrique Ferroni, Jos� Albertini
and Emilio Larumbe.

The church is 49 meters long and 19 meters wide with a capacity for 2,000 people.
The tower lifts 37 meters. The main altar is made up of Carrara marble and it
boasts a peculiar beauty.