Baradero is located on National Route N º 9 to 142 kms of the Federal Capital and to 150 kms of Rosary, Is located in km.0 of the Provincial Route N º 41 (Baradero-Castelli).
Railroad: F.C.G.B.  Mitre

Air : Aero Club Baradero: Jorge Newbery St 1378 - Phone : 03329- 48-2548 Direction of the track: 360 - 180 dim.: 750m x 20m Coordinates: S 33 º 49 ' 28 " W 059 º 29 ' 31 " Frequency: VHF 123.20 of 08:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 19:00 hs
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Fluvial: River Baradero, river Arrecifes.
Station of Fluvial Service and bay in Club of Fishing located in the coastal south one
 

Distance from Alsina to Baradero: 20 km.
Distance from Portela to Baradero: 30 km.
Distance from Santa Coloma to Baradero: 24 km.

Geographical aspects

Baradero is to the North-East of the Province of Buenos Aires, borders to the northwest on San's Pedro department, to the Southwest on the Capitan Sarmiento department, to the southeast on the department of Areco's San Antonio, in the eastern part with Zárate's department and to the North-East it is separated from the Province of Entre Rios by the Parana Guazú and the Parana of the Palms.
Baradero's department is inserted in the zone named Humid Pampas and in the sub.-region of the Wavy Pampas, due to the wavinesses that it presents as it is possible to estimate in the Cologne Switzerland. These wavinesses were formed due to ascending and descending movements that took place it does thousands of years and that gave origin to the gullies. In this region all the departments of the zone that are in touch with the Rio Parana end in dead gully because it is separated from the river for under or riverside strip.

Climate

The gullies near the River Baradero and the River Arrecifes have in the regulation of its environmental factors a powerful ally, who is the great mass of existing water in its surrounding areas and who it constitutes the River Baradero, the River Arrecifes, the River Parana of the Palms and the innumerable swamps that exist between them.
The late frosts during the epoch of flowering are an exception and this way we have that in September it is in the habit of having frozen in average term, of which in all cases it is not lower than both degrees
In the winter months are outlined also the frosts and the rains that are irregular with an average of 1034, 4 mm. Fallen a year. In what concerns average temperatures the following thing is detailed:
In winter from 2 to 14 º In spring from 14 to 22 º In summer from 22 to 34 º In autumn from 9 to 20 º
The average annual temperature ranges between the 17 and 18 º degrees.

 

Baradero's brief historical review
 

Santiago of the Baradero, it was established as Reduction of Indians, July 25, 1615, by the governor of Buenos Aires, Hernando Arias de Saavedra more known as Hernandarias, whom he had been entrusted by the aboriginal reductions of the north of the province.

The reduction that founded in this place, was named " Santiago of the Shipyard ", Santiago for the Holy employer and Shipyard(Varadero) for little depth of the waters of our river, where the ships were running aground without the danger of breakdowns. Then for an orthographic mistake in an important document and that the custom I leave writing with it "b" labial instead of it "v" felling accepted and venerated by his children and that already some change does not admit we find his name as Baradero.
The first inhabitants were the Indians chanás and mbiguays, that were evangelized in the first instance by Fray Francisco Arenas who was replaced after six months by the Franciscan friar Fray Luis de Bolaños, famous evangelist and deep connoisseur of the soul of the Indians.
Bolaños when he comes to this reduction begins to give origin to the people, teaches the native ones to work the land and inculcates Christian educations, in turn he began to construct the first parochial building.
Hernandarias, sheriff named as chief the neighbor Bartolomé Pinto and as principal chief to the Indian don Bartolomé.
In the year 1622 Fray Luis de Bolaños received the bishop don Pedro de Carranza, Andalusian as him, which confirmed to 219 Indians and remained admired of the good organization that here existed.
 In the beginning of 1800, this region, for the richness of its lands it was filling for whites or "Creoles", who were with his stays occupying the best zones of the village, expelling the aborigens, who wanted to recover them, but it was uselessly.
At first Baradero was governed by the Sheriffs until in 1874 they are nominated the Mayors of the Holy Brotherhood; in 1822 and already detached the bows with the Mother Country, the governor Don Martin Rodríguez, with his minister Rivadavia, changes the system naming Syndics or Mayors and Judges; in 1852, after battle of Caseros, the new government names: first Judges and then the Municipal Commission chosen by the people with a President and Judge simultaneously.
In 1887 Don Gregorio Fraga is elected the first Municipal Intendant, spending the court to be an autarkic entity.
To 250 years of his foundation, in 1856, precisely February 4, 10 Swiss families came with Châtel Saint Denis's origin, the capital of Veveyse's District with intentions of work, there being established in our city in called " Rincon de Arrecifes " the first Agricultural Cologne of the Country.
 

Tourist attractions
 

River Baradero

 
The River Baradero belongs to the Delta of the Parana, is an arm of the same one. It is born in San's Pedro port, precisely where the raft is located, and ends in the Parana of the Palms. It crosses a distance of 46 kms and his minimal depth registers in the km 32 to few meters of the municipal resort and the maximum depth registers in the km 2 at a height of the River Areco and is of 4 and 9 mts respectively. It is equal enough in his extension since along his tour it has between 85 and 90 mts of width.
Also it is ideal for the practice of nautical, such sports as: oar, sail, waterskiing, jet ski, motonáutica, etc. And for the lovers of the fishing it offers very good specimens of sweet water as patí, surubí, boga, dorado, white bagre, armed catfish, tararira, mojarrita.
 

Cologne Switzerland

The Cologne Switzerland of 15 km2 of surface placed to the north of the city, has the area lightly wavy and hoisted largely as the colonists. It is a field zone with gullies and wavinesses, ideally for the rest to only ten minutes of the downtown where the tourist can be distended, rest from the daily noise and to enjoy the most beautiful landscape, listening only to the singing of the birds to the dawn. With an environment prepared to recall anecdotes, to acquire crafts, to taste regional products, to realize cavalcades, to happen the night in comfortable bungalows or to savour the richest Creole roasts
The above mentioned colony besides his beautiful natural landscapes has a historical very important value since it was a scene of one of the most prosperous accessions of the country. Inside the Cologne Switzerland is located the Chapel of the Santa Cruz, the Penal Unit N º 11 and the School N º 14: school of Swiss Colonists founded in 1905, in his surroundings still the 19 can estimate casuarinas that there planted the first pupils who met to the above mentioned establishment. The Park " Nuevas Raices ", - Historical site " Rincon de Arrecifes " - produces honoring to the pioneers and across them, to the numerous Swiss immigrants and of other nationalities that settled down in this place in 1856.


Ramos Generales´s Store and Athletic Club  “El Torito”

Ramos Generales's Store, Grocery and Office of Drinks " The Torito " dates back of 1880. The establishment of Colonial Spanish style, it continues his activity up to the present, to the side of the Royal Way, where there travelled a part of our history.
Real rural store, place of entertainment and scattering of the gaucho. There can be acquired here regional, sweet products and domestic cheeses, clothes of field, products of harness-maker's shop, gaucho equipment, rubber-soled slippers, etc., or to take a drink in his showing lengths and to observe part of the gratings, which former were preventing the plunder of the rustlers.

One of the last groceries of the province of Buenos Aires. His aesthetic and historical value, type is given, for his original construction, chapel, of bricks seated in mud and adobe, with floors of pinotea and bricks.
Location: For Route Prov. N º 41, when 20 to come to the km, a dirt track takes to the left side 2 kms.

Phone : 03329- 48 -2965

Santiago Apóstol Church

It was begun to construct in epoch of the reduction, as far back as 1615, in these times it was a mess of adobe and roof of straw, of few solidity.
In 1856, with the arrival of the Swiss Colonists, the public inspectors' quantity increased and the church with its smallness could not shelter all.
On initiative of the authorities and neighbors, they began to construct the current building in 1857.
East was enabled in 1861 by minimal conditions.
In 1906 it reforms were realized by safety and newly in 1912 its construction finishes.
The architectural style is a late Gothic, but in the epoch of construction we can say that it is Neogothic.
We observe this for the completion of its tower in top, representing the elevation of the soul to the sky, and in its doors and openings with ogival completions.
This Parish takes the name of our holy employer " Santiago Apostle "; the altar the Virgin is presided by our holy protective one of Pilar or Pilarica.
Location: Anchorena St and Rodríguez St
 

Mitre Square

This square is the principal one of the city and it expired with 3 attributes or basic conditions that a square must fulfill as such: Trade, Army and Justice.
In 1858 the name of "Constitution" was designated because on May 24, 1854 there was sworn the Provincial Constitution that then in 1901 on the occasion of the jubilee of the president Mitre changes the name In 1911 there is inaugurated the pyramidal monument that represents the Revolution of May (Pyramid of May), and in honoring to the " Army of the Andes " in the top of the pyramid one finds a Condor of bronze (looking at the mountain chain of the Andes) that has the attitude of listening to the march and the noise of the weapon of the general San Martín.
In addition one finds the monument to the General San Martín, a shoot of the Pine of San Carlos' Convent, where the General San Martín was dictating the reports of battle, in The San Lorenzo (province of Santa Fe). A plate surrounded with 4 pillars joined by chains of the " Army Geographical Military Argentinian - institute, Law 12.696", which it forms a part of the measures of triangulation of the province of Buenos Aires.
The above mentioned square seat possesses numerous quantity of trees and is surrounded by leafy jacarandaes whose flowers in spring and summer stretch a carpet lilácea on its sidewalks that a particular beauty gives it.
Location: St Martin, Rodríguez St, Anchorena St, Santa Maria de Oro St.

Sarmiento Park

 This park was created in the year 1905 by the intendant at the time Julián O'Roarque, calling it " Park of Under "(Parque del Bajo) and on the first of April, 1911 the current name was assigned, in honor to the great teacher sanjuanino in the centenary of his birth.
It possesses a variety of trees that give it a very particular color, with its earrings and wavinesses of such a typical soil, which recreates the sight of the observer, it was created by the landscape painter Carlos Thays. In addition it possesses a historical very important value since in 1906 there was feasted the cincuentenario of Baradero's Agricultural Cologne. On May 12, 1951, inside the land of the park the Small square of The Agriculture was inaugurated to remember the arrival of the first Swiss colonists to our country and February 4, 1952 was perpetuated this date by the discovery of a monolith. On July 25, 2005 in commemoration of 390 º Baradero's anniversary, it is named a Park Sarmiento- Botanical Walk.
Location: St Martin St to 500

Walk Street of the Port

In the port before the construction of the docks, the merchandise was disburdening by means of ironed.
In the year 1922, there was on our coast one " cerrito ', that had to be sacrificed to construct the port, which was inaugurated in 1923 projected by the engineer Jose Barbich.
The sheds have a capacity of 60.000 stock exchanges, which were turning out to be insufficient for the quantity of cereals that were finishing off for ship, heaps must be done in the beach, covering them with canvases, but anyhow the deterioration of the grains happened.
The Port it transform in a real walk, the sheds that belong to the Municipality were recycled and they are used by several purposes: sports center, exhibitions, fairs, dinners, etc.
In the former building where it was working the Customs nowadays is used by the Municipal Direction of Tourism as Center of Information The port is a real walk, with games for children, sanitary, banks and a very sure railing, modern docks of metallic construction.
Location: St Martin St and Alte Brown St


Historical Municipal Museum Juan Lavalle
 

This museum began to work in ' 60 (1967), in a lounge of the Average School Juana Berisso to instances of the historian Alejandro Barbich.
Then it worked a time in a room of the Municipal Palace, until 1977, when the Municipality acquired this former casona of the 19th century, which preserves the architecture, this construction was realized on order of Don Michael D'Ascenzo, wealthy merchant of this city, and then he was the house of the bank managers and chief of the mail
It is decided to call this way in honoring (Unitary) Juan Lavalle who visited our city in search of provisions and horses when he was going to face Rosas (Federally), stays here one night in the house of the lady Balbina Morciego and is entertained by a party in his honor, for such a motive it is decided to honor with his name  this museum.
The above mentioned historical colonial museum hoards a very valuable part of the past of our city, there can be observed remains of pottery, indigenous bones, utensils, bones of animals of extinguished species and elements of aboriginal culture extracted from the place, in addition tools and objects that concerned to the colonists who lived these lands.
Location : Santa María de Oro St 761

Phone : 03329- 48-5213

Museum of antiquities " The Guardian "
 

His owner Carlos Candal, is a collector who during all his life has gathered an important quantity of objects of all kinds and of many years of antiquity  that at present offers to the community and to the visitors who want to take delight observing the collection.
Location: Pedro Alonso St 390

Phone : 03329- 48-0525

Museum of Ancient and Classic Cars - Baradero

 
In this museum  can estimate cars in mint condition of conservation, of models of diverse brands, between them Dodge Brothers 1938, Oldsmobile Coupe 1939, Chevrolet 1937, Isard 700 1961, etc.
Location: Bulnes St 436 

Phone : 03329 -48-3857

Museum of the Alps to The Pampas

 
There was inaugurated on February 4, 2004 in commemoration of 148 º Anniversary of the Foundation of the First Agricultural Cologne of the Country, it consists of six thematic spaces that recall the distance realized by the Swiss colonists come to our city, from 1856.
Location: Santa Maria de Oro St 423

Phone :  03329- 48-5317
 

Museum The Dolphin

Baradero's Dolphin invites you to know the most unusual challenges realized in opened waters and in the production(elaboration) of the biggest Frozen cone of the world.
Location: Gascón St 556

Phone : 03329- 48-0671

Catalinas Golf

The ideal place for those who wish the peace and the tranquility of a field day in family, and could practise or take classes of golf, to do driving, to enjoy  swimming pool, the housing or to taste exquisite show restraint in its restaurant.
Location: Route Nac. N º 9 km 137,5

Phone : 03329-42-4538 / 011-15-4446-9806

Railway Station

The railroad came to Baradero on May 3, 1885. It was a holiday for the citizens who beflagged his houses, they closed the trades and the Municipal Band met to receive the first train. The building of the railroad was constructed also in the same epoch. Though today it is not working it has a historical very important value.
Location: Tomás Edison St between St Martin St and Godoy Cruz St.

Municipal library Fray Luis de Bolaños

 
The library works in one of the most ancient buildings constructed in the city that still remains and that does not have ochava, there  worked the First  Cooperative of Consumption and until a few years ago there was a mosaiquería. This building there was recycled for the Municipal Library Fray Luis de Bolaños who relies on a great quantity of volumes that they are consulted to diary by the community.
Location: Thames St and Rodríguez St

Phone : 03329- 48-5232

Amphitheatre Pedro Carossi

Travelling the Av. Gral. San Martin one accedes to the Amphitheatre Pedro Carossi, where year a year, in February realizes the Festival of Popular Music Argentina, which assembles to the most prestigious figures of the tango and of the folklore of our country, giving a propitious frame in order that 10.000 persons who give themselves appointment live spectacular nights in one of the most important festivals of national level. Accompanying this event there carry out several parallel activities during the whole day, as exhibitions, rocks, samples of art, chats, conferences, meetings corals, handcrafted walks.
Location: Av. San  Martin St to 500


Aero Club Baradero

Baradero's Aero Club was founded on April 27, 1946, and at present it is one of the most forceful institutions of the city. It possesses hangar capacity for 7 planes, runway, meteorological, combustible station and an aeronautical declared museum of municipal interest for the important aeronautical pieces that it shelters. The activities that there are realized are: flights of tourism, visits guided to the aeronautical museum, parachuting, model aircraft flying, playtime, park with games for children.
Location: Jorge Newberry  St w/n

 Phone : 03329- 48-2584
 

Circuit Barrancas of the Baradero

Opposite to the river is the Baradero Auto  Club, with it circuit, Baradero's Barrancas, on the bank of the gullies of the river.
In another sector of the land this one located the circuit for motocross and go-cart.
Location: Coastal South.

Cultural Center President Illia

Is one of the most beautiful buildings of the city that remains intact, there worked sedate her of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires. Its architectural style is of French origin. Nowadays one finds installed the Cultural Center dependent on the Direction of Culture.
The same account with several such workshops as theatre, folklore dances, guitar, yoga, fabric, choir, tarjetería, crafts, drawing and others. From time to time they present theatrical works, exhibitions, chats, courses, etc.
In addition it is headquarters of the Radius Club Baradero and of the Library of the CIE.
Location : Malabia St and Anchorena St

 Phone : 03329- 48-0481