{"id":7,"date":"2018-02-10T20:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T20:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:00:37","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sub-title-primary\"><\/h2> <style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-219 .fg-image { width: 880px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-image-viewer foogallery-link-none foogallery-lightbox-none fg-center fg-image-viewer fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-219\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;loop&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fiv-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a data-attachment-id=\"216\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"330\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/03\/termas-entre-rios-palacio-san-jose-10\/161101012.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22880%22%20height%3D%22330%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20880%20330%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a data-attachment-id=\"215\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"330\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/03\/P4142030_2\/3659909867.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22880%22%20height%3D%22330%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20880%20330%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-ctrls\">\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"fiv-prev\" title=\"Prev\"><span>Prev<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"fiv-count\"><span class=\"fiv-count-current\">1<\/span>of<span class=\"fiv-count-total\">2<\/span><\/label>\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"fiv-next\" title=\"Next\"><span>Next<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Col\u00f3n village was founded in 1863 by Justo Jos\u00e9 de Urquiza, former caudillo of Entre R\u00edos and then the first constitutional Argentinian president.<\/strong> Due to its port, Col\u00f3n became a strategic location to bring regional products. The City of San Jos\u00e9&#8217;s urban nucleus was formed years earlier by Urquiza with the intention of welcoming immigrants especially from France, Switzerland, and Italy. <strong>In the mid XIX century an influx of european immigrants who came to Am\u00e9rica in order to have a better life and escape from economic, political, religious hardships they were forced to endure.<\/strong> <strong>Most people belonged to the Alps region such as Canton of Valais (Switzerland), Piedmont (Italy) and Savoy (France).<\/strong> It is well documented that these immigrants disembarked in 1857 and began to work the land right away. Some of the reasons for the immigrants to come to Col\u00f3n were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">there was no work for those immigrants since those people used to live in the mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">there were wars in Europe that were affecting the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Switzerland prohibited its citizens to be mercenaries so they couldn\u2019t be soldiers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">There were religious conflict between catholics and protestants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">the indomitable nature caused floods, avalanches,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">people didn\u2019t see any bright future for their children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a consequence of all these factors, Col\u00f3n became a point of interest for those immigrants who wanted a better quality of life. Most of these immigrants were farmers who knew how to work the land. Once they were somewhere in Argentina, they called their family in Europe and encouraged them to come and join them in South America.<\/p>\n<h3>Nowadays and several years later, Col\u00f3n is a tourist hub especially during the summer (from mid December to March). People from all over the country enjoy the beauty of Col\u00f3n and its five beaches along Uruguay river. You will be delighted by places such as Quiroz park, Forclaz windmill, Hot springs, El Palmar National Park with a temperate-humid savanna ecosystem, etc. Would you also like to travel in harmony with nature? Our city also offers ecotourism. So it is not just a question of learning a language but how to learn it.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Are you ready to enjoy the beauty of Col\u00f3n while learning the language?<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col\u00f3n village was founded in 1863 by Justo Jos\u00e9 de Urquiza, former caudillo of Entre R\u00edos and then the first constitutional Argentinian president. Due to its port, Col\u00f3n became a strategic location to bring regional products. The City of San Jos\u00e9&#8217;s urban nucleus was formed&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/history\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9Fk3h-7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spanishimmersionencolon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}