San Lorenzo (Argentina)

"San Lorenzo ciudad en la zona sur de la provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, a 23 km al norte de la ciudad de Rosario; en la orilla occidental del río Paraná y a 147 km de la capital provincial. Es la ciudad cabecera del departamento San Lorenzo, y tiene 46.239 habitantes (INDEC, 2010). La fundación de San Lorenzo es de fecha incierta, pero el Consejo Municipal decidió en 1984 fijarla el 6 de mayo de 1796, fecha en que los frailes franciscanos llegaron y comenzaron la evangelización de la zona. La ciudad es importante históricamente por librarse en sus inmediaciones el combate de San Lorenzo el 3 de febrero de 1813, donde los revolucionarios bajo el mando del entonces coronel José de San Martín y sus granaderos a caballo derrotaron a las tropas realistas leales a la corona española. El Convento de San Carlos Borromeo del siglo XVIII tiene un museo dedicado a esta batalla."

"San Lorenzo (Spanish pronunciation: [san loenso]) is a city in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 23 km north of Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River, and forming one end of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area. It is the head town of the San Lorenzo Department, and it has about 43,500 inhabitants according to the 2001 census [INDEC]. The area is located at the end of the Industrial Corridor of the Argentine littoral, and hosts processing industries (edible oil, flour), as well as ceramics factories and petrochemical plants. San Lorenzo's port and that of nearby Puerto General San Martín are among the largest export outlets in Argentina for primary products (soybean, wheat, maize, etc.). San Lorenzo has no certain foundation date, but the Municipal Council decided, in 1984, to settle on 6 May 1796, the date when Franciscan friars came and started the evangelization of the area. The city was the stage of the Battle of San Lorenzo on 3 February 1813, where troops loyal to the Spanish Crown were defeated by local revolutionaries under General José de San Martín. The 18th century San Carlos Monastery has a museum devoted to this battle, the first in the Argentine War of Independence, It is also the birthplace of Argentine footballer Javier Mascherano."