The nature was generous with Cayastá, nice population of Santa Fe coast, streets of sand and peacefulness, located in a natural paradise close to the San Javier River, powerful affluent and simultaneously tributary of the Paraná, whose basin belongs to.
This is the land and the landscapes for which Juan de Garay felt attractive and led him to establish the first foundation of Santa Fe, whose ruins, true patrimony of the humanity, dazzle by his conservation and its invaluable testimony.
The first Argentinians
The adelantado Juan Ortiz de Zárate arrives at La Plata River, the poet and chronicler of the expedition, Martin del Barco Centenera. In its poem "The Argentina", - published in Lisbon in 1603 - when he refers to the Creole people from Santa Fe, he calls “argentinos”, for the first time, to the ones born in our land.
The first Yerra
Since 1576, according to the acts of the Cabildo, the registry of cattle marks begins in Santa Fe. This gives Santa Fe the priority of this practice in La Plata River, reason for which the Commemorative Celebration “the First Yerra” is celebrated annually, the 15th of November.
Cayastá involves tranquillity, peace, history, culture, tradition and the warmth of its people.
The town
“Bring history back to life, enjoys Nature” is the motto through which Cayastá invites to us to visit it. Cayastá is only 70 km from Santa Fe, crossing the Provincial Route Nº 1, channel of transportation that runs parallel to San Javier River, one of the major affluents of the Paraná River.
Some local attractions…
Museum of Cécil González Memory
Objects of the daily life of the immigrants who inhabited the town are exhibited.
“Nativity of the Virgin” Church
Located in front of the public square, the Church has a plain construction, a single belfry and roof to two waters.
Local graveyard
The remains of Counts Leon and Edmundo Tessières de Boisbertrand lie in this cemetery along with a fragment of stone that belonged to the first Church of the town.
San Javier River
It borders the Coasts of the whole town and has become one of the major tourist attractions. It displays exuberant vegetation, which, added to the enchantment of its islands, deltaand autochthonous animals, makes excursions, strolls, bird watching and the practice of aquatic sports possible.
Cayastá Colony
The extension of land that was destined to the founders of Cayastá and inhabited, at that time, by the first settlers, is an attractive landscape that invites to relax and recalls the old Colony in his constructions.
The ruins of Santa Fe the “ La Vieja ”
The history of the old city of Santa Fe is discovered in the Ruins of Santa Fe the “ La Vieja ”, old location in which the tracks of yesterday can be admired.
There the city of Santa Fe founded Juan de Garay on the river of the Quiloazas (today San Javier) whose drawing up lets see half of the Place of Arms and the churches of the Favor, Santo Domingo and San Francisco. As of 1949 July the Dr. Agustín Zapata Gollán, director of the Department of Ethnographic and Colonial Studies, dug up the ruins of Santa Fe the “ La Vieja ”. The first works in the open put the ruins of the church of San Francisco and soon those of Santo Domingo, the Favor, the Town hall and those of many of the main houses. One third part of the city was had lost by the action of the river San Javier.
Declared National Historical Monument, it has merited the attention of the Organization of American States (OAS) for his putting in value and is object of deep interest by the provincial government who guards by means of the Department of Colonial Ethnographic Studies and those that depends, by his conservation and exhibition to the visitors. Surrounded by abundant and colorful vegetation, in its interior they are possible to be observed from dug up fossil rest of the direct founders, canoes and other elements used by natives and Spaniards who exhibit themselves in the Original Museum Argentina.
Helvecia
Located to borders of San Javier, to this calm it catches us place by his imposing nature and the quiet one to run of the river. The city is one of calmest of the province of Santa Fe. The same was created in 1865 as a result of a leave that the provincial government to Doctor Teófilo Romang authorized to populate earth with immigrants. Originating colonies of Switzerland shared the region with the native inhabitants who were in them. Nowadays it is possible to be affirmed that Helvecia is one of the municipalities more chosen by the tourists whom they look for to be in contact with the enemy with the nature, enjoying the beautiful landscapes and La Paz of the earth that the region gives. The frame of the landscape, their flora and fauna indicate to Helvecia like an excellent place to realise activities outdoors like tourism venture, fish, hunt and safaris by the spectacular islands bathed by winding brooks. The floating wharf is a mystical symbol of the helvecianos that unites to the nature with the history of this coastal town.
In addition, the locality is well-known throughout all the province for being the capital of the Provincial and National Celebration of Pesca of the Yellow. This must to that the city is apt for this sport and concentrates great amounts of visitors whom they look for to obtain the greater prize. Nevertheless a peculiar fact is that not only the celebration of the yellow summons fishermen but throughout the year can be seen the travellers enjoying this activity.
Santa Rosa de Calchines
Santa Rosa de Calchines does not have date of foundation. To its origin is related it to the moment at which the Indigenous Reduction San Miguel of the Calchines is based in the place. The natives next to the missionary Fray Antonio Rossi initiate the construction of the temple in 1861 and she culminates the work three years later.
For this reason one says that Santa Rosa is " town fruit of fe" , since its origin has relation with the work of the temple and is around this one where the first settlers are based.
The temple of our locality was declared Provincial Historical Monument and in the 2006 the 145 years of their construction were celebrated. Clean streets and ordinates, although many are accompanied by a humble small village. The central place is a single garden in flower, in the middle of that unmistakable provincial atmosphere with airs of river. Thus she lives herself and Santa Rosa de Calchines, a town with almost 7 thousand inhabitants in the runner of the provincial route Nº 1 feels, in the Garay department.
The locality counts in its urban plant with two important commercial centers and in the zone of the coast with 360 distributed tourist places in about twenty complexes of cabins, that in their majority, arose two or three years in the last.
Exact “Saladero” hose
This town owns an approximated population of 900 inhabitants distributed between the urban zone and rural, that in their majority works in the cattle agricultural operation, and a reduced group dedicates to the fishing activity and temporary works that intensify the weekend with the arrival of tourists.
The camping to borders of the river San Javier in front of the Main place account with suitable space to install approximately 50 carps; the estate counts on potable water, toilets, electricity, spits, slope of boats with malacate, and leafy woods. In the same cultural and sport events are organized. The commune owns two departments with all the services and comforts to rent to the tourists and is some private properties that also do therefore it for which the same are due to communicate with the commune for their reserve.
When being arriving at Exact “Saladero” hose the chimney will be able to be observed from the route that belonged to the old “Saladero” hose that is part of the historical and architectonic patrimony of the locality. The landscape on the River San Javier offers him to visitor one varied range of possibilities at any time of the year, and great amount of animal and vegetal species has their natural habitat there. These territories offer in addition very good perspective for the sport hunting to duck and an excellent fishing.
If what looks for it is tranquillity and good possibilities of fishing “paradise of the tranquillity” does not stop visiting Exact “Saladero” hose.
San Javier
Where the adventure is the one of the light and silence… Where subtle waters and magical landscapes offer to the tourist the opportunity to know a place where the time passes as the wind… drawing up tracks in the air.
Where with wild intuition, the mocovíes natives determined their establishment to 156 km to the north of Santa Fe, in most similar to the Edén that found in this wonderful virgin earth.
Their spectacular islands, bathed lagoons and turn to San Javier into an ideal place for the fishing, hunts, safari photographic and the tourism ventures.
San Javier is a rich city in history, happened the last native rebellion of well-known Argentina with the name of " there; Last Malón", whose film was filmed at the beginning of the 1900 and it became the second film rolled by the Argentine Cinema.
In addition this city was cradle of the world-wide champion of Carlos boxing Monsoon and of the great poet Julio Migno who with his verses reflected all the life of the coast and kindness of the nature in their entire splendor.
Although the economic growth of the city of San Javier, Santa Fe, always was based on the base of the rice mills, for a long time the Tourism has been becoming an inexhaustible source of economic resources by the attraction that causes in the visitors.
San Jose of the Corner
San Jose of the Corner is located to 13 km of the city of Santa Fe by the Provincial Route N°1 and still it conserves a colonial air that grants to him great attractive tourist. Conserving a colonial air floods that it of enchantment; the locality of San Jose of the Corner appears in the center this of the province of Santa Fe, integrating itself to the coastal tourist runner of borders of the river San Javier. San Jose of the Corner seems lengthy in the time. Tamped earth streets bordered by leafy woods, centennial architecture, and done and delicately painted commercial wood posters, form their appearance turning it into a coveted tourist destiny.
It is that their green spaces and their calm style of life give that touch him of favorite place at the time of resting. Satisfaction that becomes extensive to the communal camping, the spa and the exquisite beaches that they invite to enjoy the freshness in contact the nature.
In the city, the center constitutes the Estanislao Place Lopez, scene in the first days of February of the Festival Folkloric of the Coast, celebration where the song, the dance and the revaluation of the culture are the fundamental pillars. Also the privateerings engalanan Corner in this month, approaching the brightness of the carnival the serenity of these payments.
Calendar of celebrations in Cayastá
JANUARY:
• SWITZERLAND CELEBRATION: "is organized by the Group of Swiss Dances; Alpinos" dreams; of Cayastá. One has become exponent of the gastronomy and the typical dances of the Swiss immigrants.
JUNE
•THE YERRA FESTIVAL : Organized by the Commemorative Association of First It is mistaken, remembers the first marking of cattle of the River of the Silver, seated in acts you will capitulate of Santa Fe in 1576. Instituted by Provincial Decree 1157 of 1972.
SEPTEMBER
• CELEBRATION OF THE NATIVIDAD OF THE VIRGIN MARIA: The 8 of September this celebration in honor to " is commemorated; Natividad of the María" Virgin;. One takes place a Novena 4 days before day 8 by the districts of Cayastá and Procesión by the streets of the town and another aquatic one with the image of the Virgin is realised.
NOVEMBER
• CELEBRATION OF THE CARROT: Organized by different educative institutions from the locality, it commemorates in each edition the horticultural production that of some way promoted the activity in all the region.
• PROVINCIAL CELEBRATION OF THE TAMING: Organized by the Commemorative Association of First It is mistaken. It is realised in proximity to the 15 of November of every year, in adhesion to the anniversary of the foundation of the city of Santa Fe. It selects the riders who will represent the province in the National Festival of Taming and Folklore of Jesus Maria. Instituted by Provincial Decree 3908 of 1974.
• ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF SANTA FE: All the 15 of November of every year, the Government of the Province establishes his soothes in the site of Santa Fe the Old man, where the city was based that gave rise to the Province. Established by Law 6184/66.
