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Spain’s first settlers came to Río de la Plata in 1580 and called this first village "Santa María de los Buenos Aires" which has today turned into the "Paris" in the Southern Cone.
Later Argentina was born as a republic thanks to the 1810 May Revolution but even up to 1853 it was shaken by endless independence and even civil war.

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As from those times and mainly up to the late 30’s, millions of European immigrants settled among us.
The greatest group came from Italy and with them came their culture, so we inherited their love for the opera and at our great opera house-the Colon Theatre- we enjoyed Caruso’s and Maria Callas’s unforgettable performances. They brought their cooking as well and gave birth to our famous unique city area: "La Boca".

 

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The Spanish discoverers and settlers gave us our language, our religion and churches and inspired the unique architecture that can be admired all along " de Mayo Avenue" in wonderful hotels, arcades, restaurants and coffee shops . The French influenced not only our literature but also our architecture, our gardening and our park design.

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But other groups such as Germans, Dutch, Belgians, Austrians and Swiss joined in settlements all over our developing country.

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The British came mainly to design and build our railways, and from them we had our sports clubs. As from 1890 they started these institutions where football, rugby, cricket, hockey, golf, tennis and bowls could be played. The five bowls clubs kept quite the same characteristics and in none of them football is still played

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Lomas Athletic Club was the first Argentinean football champion, also the first rugby champion. However there is only the picture of the second championship in 1913 left.Soon afterwards there were few players available and no more championships as many players joined the British troops at both WWI and WW2.

 

With democracy back into our land in 1983, Argentina has been fighting her way back among the great nations worldwide .
Meanwhile, we bowls players strive to keep tradition alive as a token of our past in our clubs. Thus we enjoy watching the new generations play so many sports and feel certain they will honor our heritage and follow our steps.