Mendoza was settled by Spaniards from Chile in 1561. Throughout the colonial period it remained a sparsely populated frontier area under constant threat of Indian raids. In 1776 it was detached from Chile to become part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, and it became a province in 1820.
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Goyenechea Bodega y Viñedos - Founded in 1868 and still run by the 4th and 5th generation family in San Rafael-Mendoza. There are many old vines here. Colomé ...
The city was founded and relocated several times in the 1560s by Spaniards arriving from Chile. Not until 1776 did control of the region, then known as Cuyo, ...
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On March 2, 1561, Pedro del Castillo founded the city and named it Mendoza after the governor of Chile, Don García Hurtado de Mendoza. A new expedition in ...
Founded in 1561 by the Spanish Captain Pedro del Castillo, the province was rebuilt in 1861 after an earthquake. Around the 1890s, Mendoza attracted ...
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