Berasategui

Monument employee glass factory

Church of the Holy Family

Having founded the city of Buenos Aires, Juan de Garay distributed the lands adjacent to him to Magdalena district to his comrades. The territory where Berazategui is now located was distributed between Alonso Gomez (northern part), Pedro de Isarro (center) and Antonio Roverto (southern part). In 1602, Roverto sold his land with Isarre’s house.

In 1622, Isarra died, leaving the land as a legacy of his daughter, whose husband built a port near them.

In 1635, due to the heyday of smuggling, a part of the land was given over to Don Jeronimo Benavides in order to restore order here. As a result of Benavides activities, the port, previously used by smugglers, has declined.

In 1784, the Magdalena district was divided into 3 rayonas: San Vicente, Magdalena and Quilmes. In the last and entered the land of the modern Berasategui.

Until the XIX century on the site of the current Berasategui there was a small settlement, the majority of whose inhabitants were employed in agriculture.

The city of Berasategui was officially founded on November 23, 1816. He owes his name to José Clemente Berasategui, who donated his land to the future railway station.

In December 1872, a railway line was built to the station Berasategui, and in 1909 it was still extended a kilometer from the city.

With the railway, the terrain became attractive for construction. At first, the sow was founded here, where 2,000 workers worked, then the production of baskets, and in 1906 the glass factory Cristalerías Rigolleau was opened here. This enterprise became a city-forming entity for Berasategui: it attracted a large number of workers who settled in this territory, and many entrepreneurs who provided them with everything necessary for their existence. Berasategui quickly turned from an agrarian into an industrial area.

In 1925, Roku Berasategui was electrified , and street lighting also began to work.

In 1929, paving began, and then asphalting of the city streets.

In 1935 a chapel was erected in the city, and in 1944 the main church of Berasategui was laid - the parish church of the Holy Family.

In 1936, a factory for the production of synthetic fibers , Ducilo, was opened in Berazategui, which later also began to produce cellophane , nylon and freon gas.

On November 4, 1960, the lands of Berazategui were separated from the district of Quilmes into a separate territorial unit.

On March 28, 1966, Berazategui Polytechnic School opened, the first vocational school in the city.

The impetus for the development of the city of Berazategui in the 1990s was the construction of the La Plata - Buenos Aires highway passing through it.

Berasategui is located 2 km west of the coast of Rio de la Plata on the flat terrain.

Berasategui's climate is temperate and humid, almost identical to the climate of Buenos Aires , only slightly cooler. The average temperature in January is 25 ° C, July is 11 ° C. In summer the temperature can reach +35 ° C, and in winter - 2 ° C. The average annual amount of precipitation is about 1000 mm. Over the past 100 years, snow fell in Berasategui only once: July 9, 2007.

The following winds prevail in Berasategui ^{[1] [2]} :

• Pampero from the southwest, very cold and dry, prevails in June
• southeast sudestad , prevails in April and October, cool and very wet, often brings precipitation ^[3]
• in the remaining months, eastern and northeastern winds prevail

• Official site (isp.)
• Berasategui Historical Research Commission (Spanish)
• Statistical information (isp.)
• Berasategui Culture Secretariat (Spanish)
• Parish of Berasategui (Spanish)
• Historical organization "The Origin of Berasategui" (Spanish)