It is a city privileged by the beauties of the environment, the kindness of the climate and an important tourist infrastructure. Their architecture stands out for the big stone large houses, inmersas in having taken care of parks that testify the presence of English immigrants.
Their primitive inhabitants were comechingones groups distributed in San Ignacio, Piu Mayu, Cuchi Corral, Potrerillo and Well of Stone.
In 1585 the area was given in grace to the captain's children Bartolomé Jaimes, one of the proprietors sells its part then to the captain Jerónimo of Quevedo who establishes the here farm San Jerónimo, on which settled later years the population of La Cumbre. |