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3 unusual facts about Marcos Sastre


Marcos Sastre

The town of Sastre, in Santa Fe Province, street names in several Argentine cities and a school on the Reconquista River, in the town of Tigre, are named after him.

He founded, along with Juan B. Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez and Esteban Echeverría, the "Salón Literario", the beginning of the Generation of '37.

The regular members to the Salón were youth interested in culture, politics and the scientific progress: Miguel Cané, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez, Esteban Echeverría, and Vicente Fidel López.


National Library of the Argentine Republic

The lineage of directors which followed is still considered a crucial part of the Argentine intellectual and historic fabric: Marcos Sastre, Carlos Tejedor, José Mármol, Vicente Quesada, Manuel Trelles, and José Antonio Wilde.


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