History - English version - Miramar

History


Last September Miramar celebrated its 114 th anniversary of its founding. The story begins with Don Andres de la Plaza, who would come to this area about ten years before, which was the owner of a field known as "Saboyardo" , where now stands the city of Miramar (the name was suggested by the then administrator of stay Druge Don Luis, who was born in Dto.de Savoy, France).

Then after the death of Don Andres de la Plaza in 1878, took charge of his son Don Savoie Fortunato de la Plaza, who left his law studies he settled in these lands, setting their residence in the town of residence, built by his father in 1871, where today is the Farm "Grandparents." ;

At the time of the founding of Miramar, was in the heyday of the philosophy called "Generación del 80," The men of this generation felt great admiration for European culture (French and English), leaving aside the Hispanic culture which then featured in the Creole cultural wealth. Since then the pillars of Government action, immigration, Education and generic names as "progress."

Don José María Dupuy, who was brother of Don Fortunato de la Plaza, pertenecíaa a prominent family in the area, enterprising person, whose skill enabled him to see the possibility of developing the area. José María Dupuy was a man of great visióny at the possibility that his brother sold the land, tried to convince us that it was beneficial to opt for the construction of a spa town in the land of his property, and may persuade him. Don Fortunato Dupuy order to carry out the project and this in turn involved in this work to engineer Otamendi Romulo, who sent for the measurement to the surveyor Eugene Moy. This was the construction of the plane.




The name was inspired by the Miramar Sr.Dupuy be accepted by Don Fortunato among other names. They see the Executive resolved to authorize Don Fortunato found the people in your field of property located in the district of Gral.Puyrredon on September 20 of that year.