Casa Virginia
The place
Casa Virginia in Santa Fe province, Venado Tuerto/San Gregorio sector (humid Pampa, southwestern Santa Fe, Argentina), at 115 m elevation, Pampas plain. Continuous Argentina cluster (batches 335-358, 3 entries). Rural house/estancia (Hispanic given name "Virginia"), an area of grassy Pampas + soybean agribusiness, 40 million tonnes/year in Argentina, 25% of world production + Gaucho culture (Pampas creole-mestizo people, national AR identity + Dirty War 1976-83, Videla dictatorship, 30,000 disappeared + Buenos Aires, 200 km NE) + heritage of the Ranquel people (Mapuche-Puelche, central Pampas, 5000, Nam Kom reservations 1900s, survivors of the Conquest of the Desert 1878-85, Julio Argentino Roca, genocide, 30,000 killed).
The setting
Santa Fe, Venado Tuerto/San Gregorio, humid Pampa, SW Argentina, 115 m, Pampas plain, continuous cluster batches 335-358, 3 entries, Hispanic Virginia house/estancia, grassy Pampas + soybean 40 million t/year, 25% world AR + Gaucho creole-mestizo + Dirty War 1976-83 Videla 30,000 disappeared + Buenos Aires 200 km NE + Ranquel Mapuche-Puelche 5000 Nam Kom 1900s + Conquest of the Desert 1878-85 Roca 30,000 killed.
