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Sierra de La Ventana (the Window Mountain Range) is a picturesque village in the southeast of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is one of the most attractive tourist centres in the Province and has numerous recreation areas and parks.
Sierra del La Ventana has a natural rock formation containing an opening or 'window' 9 m wide and 11 m high. In 1959 the peak was declared a Natural Monument.
A large, luxurious hotel resort, Club Hotel de la Ventana, was opened in 1911 near Villa Ventana, 17 km from the town. For a brief period it attracted the rich and famous but soon suffered from the effects of World War I in Europe and closed in 1920. Between 1940 and 1946 it was used to intern some of the crew of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee after it was scuttled outside the harbour of Montevideo, Uruguay, by its captain, Hans Langsdorff, at the end of the Battle of the River Plate.
Excursions:
Ernesto Torquinst Provincial Park or to the Hueco de la Ventana (Window Hole) passing by waterfalls, cave paintings and enjoying beautiful views.
Cerro de la Cruz (The Hill of the Cross),
Cerro Tres Picos (Three Peaked Hill),
La Fuente del Bautismo (The Fountain of the Baptism),
Paso de las Piedras Dam,
Saldungaray Town.
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