About the city and the twinning
About Villa Gesell
Villa Gesell is a seaside city on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The municipality dates its founding to 14 December 1931, when Carlos Idaho Gesell began building his first house among the coastal dunes. He planted maritime pines, cypresses and other trees to stabilise the shifting sands, laying the groundwork for the settlement that later developed into a beach resort.
Historical and natural heritage
Gesell’s first home, known as the House of the Four Doors, now houses the Villa Gesell Historical Museum. It stands in the Pinar del Norte Reserve, where the founder began planting trees. Farther south, near Mar Azul, the Faro Querandí Municipal Nature Reserve protects approximately 5,757 hectares of coastal dunes and grasslands. Together, the two reserves illustrate different aspects of the area’s history: the planting that helped establish the town and the conservation of its remaining natural dune landscape.