Gualeguaychú Theatre and Casa de la Cultura

Casa de la Cultura was built in 1914 and is situated at 734, 25 de Mayo street. The building has its own architectural style that resembles the European style of that time. Designers chose marble for decoration, giving the front of the building a fancy look.
 
Gualeguaychu Theatre was first opened officially on July 14th,1914. It originally had 280 seats, a wide orchestra pit, and a wide room for the audience. The theatre always had an orchestra that cheered up the intermissions and there was also a cafe in the balcony.
 
In 1926, it was refurbished for the first time and the stalls were removed. In 1928, it was refurbished again and new stalls were added.  

On December 18th, 1981, it was declared a “Cultural Public Site”. After 1987 it was used as a cinema for some years. The building was declared a Historic Monument on February 11th, 1997
 
On April 9th, 2011 “Gualeguaychu Theatre'' was re-opened to the public after being closed for three years because it was being restored. Nowadays, it can hold up to 644 seats. 

 

By Franco Buccolo, Juan Ignacio Godoy, Franco Parada, Melina Susenegui

ENOVA's ghost

 "Olegario Víctor Andrade” Normal School (ENOVA) is an important public school in our town. Its foundation ceremony was on January 5th, 1908. Classes started with 281 students on March 7th, 1910. ENOVA's library was founded on December 23rd, 1914 and a kindergarten was created in 1939.

The school was renovated in 2011, when the indoor floors, the pavements outside the school and the ceiling were renovated. They changed all the classroom floors, windows, bathrooms, and school benches and made new ramps for people with disabilities. The assembly hall was renovated as well, the seats were restored at the request of former students and the floor was also changed. On November 15th, 2012 a video conference was held between the President of the Nation and the Governor of the province to inaugurate the renovated school. 

It is believed that the school is haunted by a ghost, as unexplainable events have taken place in the building. 

By: Casenave Julieta, Espino Evangelina, Vitale Gimena Valentina, Walle Yamila

Colegio Nacional

Colegio Nacional was originally built in 1904, and it was the home of  Luis Clavarino and his wife Malvina Florencia Seguí de Clavarino. 

Even though the main building was remodelled in 2020, it still maintains its historical essence. After 100 years of the school’s opening, the town council invested on the remodelling of the school. They started fixing it up in August, 2016 and finished at the end of February, 2020. Unfortunately, it was finished at the same time the Covid-19 situation was starting in Argentina. That is why the new facilities could not be properly enjoyed until the middle of 2021. 

Since 2018, the school has been organising an annual horror-tour, which is called Secret of The Palace, where students and teachers perform a short act in every classroom late at night. This event has attracted a number of frightening rumours towards the school.

By Etchegoyen, Joaquin; Olano, Valentina.

Hospital Centenario

The main Hospital in Gualeguaychú, which is known as "Hospital Centenario", is a major building that was built on August 30th, 1913, over an old cemetery.

It was built after a charity hospital named Sociedad de Beneficencia (Charity Society) decided to

enlarge its building. As there wasn't enough space to do so, the town council decided to donate land

to the charity and in 1909 the hospital was built by the architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo and his team.It took almost five years to build and in 1973 the hospital added mother and child care services.

Today there is a new hospital called “Hospital Bicentenario'' next to it, which aims to offer better services and improved facilities. Due to this, some services that were provided by the old hospital are now fulfilled in the new one. In fact, some areas of the old hospital are soon to be destroyed.

By Schlund, Miqueas.

The Castle on Libertad Island

In the 20th century, the castle on Isla Libertad was once home to Maria Eloisa D’Elia, a French, calligraphy and art teacher who designed it herself and had it built by architect David Angelini.

Contrary to popular belief, this castle is not dark. In fact, it has many extraordinary areas with big windows that allow brightness in every corner. Its walls have an interesting architecture. The original design was too normal to become a beautiful sight for the town so the government made it look like a mediaeval castle to attract tourists. This old building, however, is said to be haunted by the spirit of a ghost with a terrible story.

By Andretta; Sofía, Butteri; Ailén, Capovilla; Agostina, Fraccarolli; Paulina

Lapalma Museum

 “Azotea de Lapalma'' belonged to Francisco Lapalma, who was the son of Juan Lapalma, the first doctor in Gualeguaychú. This two-storey house was built in 1830 inside a large farm located on the outskirts of the town. From the original property, only the house, the old garage and the water well remain today.

In 1978, the building was purchased by Gualeguaychu's local council in order to be a museum, but it had to be renovated as it had been abandoned for a long time. Very little furniture of the house was recovered from that time. Most of the restoration was possible because of donations from neighbours. On December 20th, 1986, the museum opened its doors with a lot of period furnishings and the house in good shape.

This house has a spooky side that you can discover in the following video.

By Abril Cedres, Florencia Gonzalez, Ailen Halter, Wanda Heidenreich, Ailen Saffre, Jael Taborda

Gualeguaychú's Slaughterhouse

Gualeguaychú slaughterhouse was a very important building in our town. It became the first national slaughterhouse to export Argentinian meat. From 1930 to 1940 the company had its best years of operation. Around 1970, with the end of the post-war period, exportation was affected by a European policy of self-sufficiency that reduced the demand for Argentinian meats. In 1986 the slaughterhouse stopped working to finally be completely bankrupt in 1991.

The slaughterhouse imitated the way the English ones functioned. Due to this, there were several rooms apart from the ones dedicated to the animals and meat, like the cold storage rooms. There was a nursery for those children whose parents were working. As employees were educated there and had to do sports, there were areas for activities such as fencing, gymnastics, football and basketball.

Rumour has it that tragic events took place in the slaughterhouse and paranormal activity has happened at the place since then. 

 By: Casenave Julieta, Espino Evangelina, Vitale Gimena Valentina, Walle Yamila