The origin of the city goes back to 1860 when the Argentine railway company Camino de Hierro de Buenos Aires al Oeste opened a railway station on land donated by politician and composer, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta.
Education
The area has a German school, Deutsche Schule Moreno,[1] as well as other private schools such as Colegio Juan XXIII, [2] and Instituto Corazón de Jesús.[3]
For higher education, there is the Universidad Nacional de Moreno, [4] where students can enroll in careers related to Applied Sciences and Technology, Economic Sciences and Law, and Humanities and Social Sciences.