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Argentina: Littoral - Puerto Iguazú
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uerto Iguazú port and its "waters".
Puerto Iguazú is a boisterous and febrile port, bordering to the countries of Brazil and Paraguay. It concentrates a great tourist supply, since it is the ideal locality to know the majestic Cataracts the Iguazú.
In the middle of the Century XVI, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, in its passage from the region of Brazil towards Asunción of Paraguay it discovered the Cataracts, that the guaraníes called "of the Iguazú" (Great Waters).
Núñez, with entereza and exceptional decision overcame all the obstacles: the ford of correntosos rivers and impenetrable forests, until giving with the stranger Iguazú river, that is mentioned like one of most beautiful by its winding curvatures. Received in hostile form by the natives, Alvar Núñez calmed them with benevolence, obtaining so the trip by the Monday river was facilitated to him. Day 2 of March of l542 found to Irala in the city of Asunción (Paraguay), recently founded.
But it will be just in 1901 when the opening of a way begins from Port Aguirre until the Cataracts, thanks to the territories donation of Miss Victoria Aguirre. Iguazú port is based the 10 of September of 1901 like Port Aguirre.
In 1906 the first Hotel is constructed.
In 1913 the government of the Nation invests a sum of money for the construction of houses for the subprefecture, the police station of police, the radiotelephone station, a primary school and other priorities.
Between 1920 /22 the post office and telegraphs are constructed to a hotel and.
In 1934 the proceedings for the creation of the National Park Iguazú begin that finally takes shape in 1935. From 1939 the beginning of the urban design considers, that included two seats, a viewpoint towards the river Iguazú, the chapel, the mail, a commercial hotel and premises. The other seat, also towards the river, was surrounded by the school, the museum and the room of first aid, whereas the police police station was based in the way to Cataracts.
In 1940 the school N° 235 is created, and the 25 of December of the same year I am carried out the baptism of the chapel being the wood temple of regional cedar and the pine wood banks.
The 24 of April of 1943 by decree 15,042 the commune of Iguazú is created.
In 1947 Hospital SAMIC is created.
In 1951 the name of Iguazú by Eva Perón changes, is created the promotion commission that soon happens to be Municipal Council.
In 1952 the Landmark is inaugurated Three Borders and in 1956 the Court of Peace.
In 1957 the administration of customs is created, and in 1963 the works of the Hotel De Turismo begin.
In 1974 the Museum of Images of the Forest is created, in 1975 arrives YPF, in 1983 is created the Honorable Deliberative Council, on the same date the Mborore Museum is based and in 1984 the Body of Voluntary Firemen is created.
In October of 1985 the international bridge Tancredo Neves is constructed. The Cataracts are composed by 275 jumps, with heights that oscillate between the 50 and 80 meters.
In 1984 they were declared "Natural Patrimony of the Humanity" by UNESCO.  |
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