Monteros
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Monteros is the head town of the Monteros Department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is 58 km south-west of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán, at an altitude of 532 m, and is surrounded
Aerial view of Monteros
Main square and Our Lady of the Rosary Church.
Cristóbal Colón, main commercial city street.
Manuel Belgrano
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Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part
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…Town of the Holy Rosary of Monteros. There were three attempts to rename the town. In 1828 and 1832 Villa Belgrano was the name proposed, in honor of Manuel Belgrano but it did not succeed. The strangest case was in 1932 when the then provincial governor, Alejandro Heredia, attempted to rename it to Alexandria, in…
Portrait of Belgrano attributed to Casimir Carbonnier
Manuel Belgrano as a student at the University of Salamanca
Juan José Castelli shared with his cousin Belgrano the work in the consulate and in journalism.
Belgrano supported the aspirations of Carlota Joaquina de Borbón