Mar de Ostende, Buenos Aires , Argentina

Mar de Ostende

It is born as a project devised by the Belgian Fernando Fernando Robette and Agustín Poli, who came to Argentina in 1908 planing to stablish a similar city to their native Ostende in Belgium. Following this urbanization project, they start the building of the South esplanade, and a year later they build the Ostende Termas Hotel –known today as the Old Hotel Ostende. They also build a church given by Domingo Repetto, which is buried under the sand in the 20´s.

A few years later the Belgian return to Europe –perhaps because of the war- and never come back. After several unsuccessful forestation attempts, the sand covers many of the constructions of the first project, among them the esplanade unearthed in 1990.

In 1943, the city of Pinamar is opened and a year later, Arquitect Bunge´s urbanization project is passed, finally managing to forest the dunes. In 1983, the Partido de Pinamar is created, adding to its jurisdiction Mar the Ostende among other towns.