Everything about Trelew totally explained
Trelew is a city in the
province of
Chubut, in the
Argentine Patagonia, with a population of 93,386 as per the . The city has a small commercial centre. The Salon San David is a replica of
St David's Cathedral,
Pembrokeshire. It is served by the
Almirante Marco Andrés Zar Airport.
History
Trelew's foundation is linked with
Welsh settlement in Argentina, the leaders of which were Captain Sir
Love Jones-Parry of Madryn and
Lewis (Luis) Jones, who acted as spokesmen to deal with the Argentine government at the beginning in the 1860s. The town was named Trelew in honour of
Lewis Jones,
tre meaning "town" in
Welsh and
Lew being an
apocope for
Lewis.
Trelew was established in
1886 as the starting point for the
Central of Chubut Railway line that would link the lower
Chubut River valley to
Puerto Madryn. Railway building equipment and 400 settlers arrived on
July 28 of that same year on the steamer
Vesta. The line was opened in 1888 and later extended from Trelew to
Gaiman,
Dolavon and finally to
Las Plumas. In 1961 the line was closed.
Racing de Trelew and Huracán de Trelew are the most important local football clubs. Patoruzú Rugby Club and Bigornia Rugby Club are also the local clubs practicing this sport.
The 1972 massacre
Trelew was the scene of a massacre in
1972. A breakout of political prisoners at the federal penitentiary resulted in the death of one guard and the attempted flight of about 100 individuals who opposed the military dictatorship which followed the overthrow of President
Arturo Illia. A small group of prisoners succeeded in commandeering a plane and flying to safety in Chile. The rest submitted to the authorities and were returned to a military prison, where 16 were gunned down in cold blood (three survived). The town of Trelew was searched by the military and locals were seized and taken to the Villa Devote prison in Buenos Aires. Virtually the entire town went on strike and succeeded in securing the release of the prisoners at Villa Devoto. These incidents were documented in the book
La Pasión según Trelew, by
Tomás Eloy Martínez, which was originally published in
1973, but was then suppressed by the dictatorship of the
Proceso, and reissued in
1997.
Trelew is the centre of the touristic travels to the Central Meseta, the Valley of the Chubut River and the coast. Punta Tombo, the biggest penguin reserve in South America, is accessible from the city.
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