Settlement Type: | District |
Official Name: | Villa Martelli |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina Greater Buenos Aires |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greater Buenos Aires |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Buenos Aires |
Subdivision Type2: | Partido |
Subdivision Name2: | Vicente López |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | [1] |
Population Total: | 26,059 |
Coordinates: | -34.55°N -88.5°W |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Postal Code Type: | CPA Base |
Postal Code: | B 1603 |
Area Code: | +54 11 |
Villa Martelli is a town in the Partido of Vicente Lopez, in the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.
The first recorded settlement in the area occurred on May 6, 1910, and the town was officially recognized by the Provincial Legislature on July 27, 1964. The Villa Martelli Army Barracks were the site of a military mutiny in 1988 by a right-wing Carapintadas faction led by Col. Mohamed Alí Seineldín. The barracks were later closed, and in 2011, a portion of the extensive lot became the site of the Tecnópolis exposition fairground.[2]