A city with a German flavor in South America, Villa General Belgrano, Argentina (3 pics)

Manuel Belgrano, the creator of the Argentine flag gave is name to this small mountain village, Villa General Belgrano.

Two German founded the city in 1930.

In 1940, during World War II, after the Battle of River Plate, Admiral Graf Spee, a German sailor sunk his Nazi battleship just off the coast.

The 130 sailors who survived settled in the village and gave it the typical Bavarian style look that characterizes it today.

The streets are lined with Alpine-style buildings with red roofs and wooden structures.

The pubs have German sounding names like "Viejo Munich".

Restaurants serve sausages, sauerkraut, spätzle, goulash and apple strudel.

The shops sell beer mugs, wooden trolls and cuckoo clocks. Very kitsch!

Newsstands sell German daily newspapers every week, and the church offers services in German and Spanish.

Surprisingly, in the fall it hosts the 3rd most important Oktoberfest in the world.

A little change of scenery during a tour of South America!

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Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot A620.

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