Cucullu The town is located in the district of San Andrés de Giles.
has a paved access called "July 9", which joins the national road No. 7 to 98 km height.
Like most other cities of Buenos Aires, its history is linked to the passage of the railroad and farming.
By 1847, 2 young English brothers, John Simon and Isidro Cucullu, settled in San Andrés de Giles with a trading house. Flourished to the point of acquire land, some of them bordering the arroyo willow.
Since 1887, ran from Chacarita, the "rural Tramway" of the Brothers Lacrosse. It was a horse-drawn wagon.
The October 29, 1898, John Simon of Cucullu donated land to rise up above the station for the train. Soon the horses were replaced by steam engines.
Next to the station, begins to form a population center that takes the name of the donor of the land, Cucullu.
About company field, among trees, overlook the first buildings. The society was composed of landholders, dairy farmers and ranchers of English, Italian and Basque-French mainly.
The effort and enthusiasm of all the people allowed to form and create institutions: the Social and Sports Club, the chapel dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux, the first aid room, the primary school.
In the 1940 first installs the brick kilns.
they come to work within families, especially in Corrientes, Entre Rios and some Santiago del Estero.
Since families with many children are slowly producing a substantial change in the community. Decrease the ethnic "Gringo" farmer "and increases the population of littoral origin. This brings a strong cultural exchange.
The provinces are adopting some form of pre-existing culture at the same time, require that their own culture: words in Guaraní, chamamé, devotion to the Virgin of Itati, chip, etc.
Cucullu grows and becomes more populated and local progressive political party, has businesses of all sizes to meet basic needs, such as kindergarten to ninth grade EGB, 3 new neighborhoods, many laborers whose homes are in the brick kilns, who slowly began leaving houses the furnace, to settle in homeownership.
Popular beliefs: Yagua-creature, werewolf, bad lights, etc.
are in full force. There are still people who speak Guarani and customs of rural village that become evident when the festivities are held the second Sunday in September.
Us to Cucullu is installed in the peaceful life of a country town, where the silence is interrupted by cries of children, a truck passes a horse trotting, the birdsong.
The air smells of smoke from the burners, like wheat.
The dark nights and nearby stars.
And people, is friendly and helping hand gesture.
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