Sur

In 1660, the city political authority (Cabildo) decided that the Santafesinian had had enough of floods and native attacks, and that they would resettle the city on a place that would be better protected from such events.
The place they selected had everything they needed and it represented the possibility to start anew. In no more than 20 years the old city emplacement was abandoned.
This neighbourhood (Barrio Sur) was the exact place where the original city (which consisted of barely 20 hectares) was moved, around the main Plaza (now named “25 de Mayo”).

The best way to visit this place is walking; you may start by the Legislatura Provincial, then to the House of the Asamblea de Estudios Históricos, to the old House of Estanislao López (the local /caudillo/), to Plaza de Mayo where you can sit at a bar and drink a glass full of beer to the top (called /liso/) and appreciate the Gray House (a French style building where the provincial government sits), the Cathedral, the Jesuits’ Church and College and the Palace of Justice; you can easily reach from there the Historical Museum, the Museo Etnográfico and the Church and Convent of San Francisco (most charming building around) and spare the rest of the afternoon stretching and overlooking the lake Manuel Belgrano.

In all this trip you may get a grasp on how those people from the XVII century may have felt about this lovely land.