Grilles

A feature of the city is the presence of old grilles in many houses. The oldest are made of forged iron in simple shapes, since the Revolution of May, and can be distinguisehd for their square section vertical bars, crossed by other rectangular section horizontal  bars, and some decoration, most of them in the centre.

Italian immigration, from the mid nineteenth century, left behind different grille designs: the iron sections were flattened, allowing a larger varity of forms. New geometric figures and vegetal stylisations were developed, either for windows or doors, whose owners initials or the construction date appeared on them, as well as some zinc figures.

Since 1920 the French tendencies arose, which lead to the apparition of new metal objects into the local architecture.

Until 1930 all the grilles were made by craftsmen who lived in the city. For that reasons Victoria is also called the city of the grilles.

Social Club

Built on the land that belonged to the first Victoria’s state school, founded by Justo José de Urquiza in 1847, it is an Art Nouveau construction with a main hall surrounded by columns and crowned by a large skylight. The marble entrance stairs, as well as its balustrades and banister rails are to be noticed.

Church Our Lady Of Aranzazu

It stands at the highest point of the city. On a Neo-Romanesque style, it has two blind towers lightened by two pointed windows. Its keystone was placed in 1872 and the works went on for three years. It also displays paintings, murals and replicas of world famous paintings on the ceilings.

Municipal Palace And Victoria Citi Museum

Inaugurated on May 25, 1902. it has a forged iron grille. At the upper level there is the Deliberative Hall, and the offices at the ground floor. Next to it, you can visit the museum built by the same year, and decorated to fit the style of the city at the beginning of the twentieth century.

González’ House

It was constructed around 1885 for the family of Jorge González, Victoria’s intendant. It has an Italian Neo-Renaissance style, and inside is organised around a central patio. At the moment it hosts the Sports House.

Carlos Anadón Museum Of The City

Interesting for its collection about Victoria’s history.

Located in downtown, at Congreso street, between Camoirano and 9 de Julio, the “Carlos Anadón” is open Tuesday throug Sunday between 08:00 and 12:00 in the morning, and 03:00 and 07:00 in the afternoon.

It preserves the history and cultural evolution of Victoria. This French house synthesises the rich historical tradition of the early twentieth century.

For the visitor to observe the culture of precedent years, the Museum has eight halls specially set. One of them hosts the temporary exhibition, whose topics rotate on a regular basis.

The bathroom and the kitchen are part of the most important attractions for the tourist, because their elements and devices lead the imagination to the past decades.

There is also a music room, another one for religious arts, a paleontology section that keeps fossil remains found in the area and also a section of indigenous archaeology, where you can see pieces made by the aboriginal inhabitants of the islands. Other sections to see are the weapons collection, the library and the assembly hall.

Italian Society

Founded on 1863. The facade is Neo-Renaissance styled.

It has a tympanum above two columns where the name of the society is written. On frontispiece, the Charity, the Law and the Justice are represented by sculpures.

Confederation House

It is a set of public and civil houses built by 1860. Among the houses the shop in the corner stands out. The ground floor houses bear identical characteristics and emphasise their simple design grille.

Quinto Cuartel- Limekilns District

Located on shore of the Victoria brook, nowadays this area is little populated. Its settlers arrived by the early nineteenth century, mainly Basque immigrants, who constructed limekilns to operate the natural deposits of the place. Soon they constructed a wharf, called now Old Port, to transfer their products to Buenos Aires.

Half a century later Genoese immigrants arrived and begun acquiring the limekilns to the Basque predecesors.

You may find interesting to observe the contrast between the Basque and the Italian houses.

The decay of Quinto Cuartel came as a consequence of the new port construction, the arrival of the railway, and the transfer of the activities to downtown.

Coastal Avenue

It passes by the Victoria brook and is the obliged city visit. There are woods, barbecue grills and restaurants, and a port from where boats used to take passengers every day to Rosario, in the nighbouring province Santa Fe. There also stands the old railway station. Nearby you can enter the Municipal Beach and find a lovely view to the islands.

At the end of the avenue, there is the Hunting, Fishing & Nautical Club.

Child Jesus Benedictine Abbey

The first monks arrived in 1899 and chose a high site to raise the abbey on a French style. Their lifes are based on the prayer and the work. At the moment, this order is oldest of the Catholic Church. The place that surrounds the abbey, including the Matanza (Slaughter) hill feels like a paradise that contrasts its name. The monks’ work allowed the sprouting of an artisan industry of recognised quality, where they emphasise products like the honey, it dances the jaleo real, Polen and the famous dry and sweet Monacal liqueur.

Molino Doll (Doll Mill)

Its present location hosts a campsite and a refreshing stream that combines the attractiveness of the alluvial landscape with the old building of this hydraulic mill that took power from a cascade. The dam and a few other constructions can still be observed.

Victoria-Rosario Route

Built between 1998 and 2002, to be opened the following year, it connects Victoria to Rosario City, across the Paraná River by a 60 kilometre (37 miles) road above the islands, brooks and flooding areas of the Delta. This required 17 bridges, the main of whom is a cable-stayed structure on H-pylons, designed by Leonhardt, Andrä and Partner, with a 330 metre (1,083 feet) main span.

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