Construcciones rurales defensivas del NE de la Provincia de Buenos Aires en el Siglo XIX: Reducto Rural Fortificado de Pergamino

At 19th century, rural inhabitants of the province of Buenos Aires, in areas of conflict because of attacks by the original inhabitant and/or internal struggles for national organization built their border houses as a way to defend their property and their lives.We consider that many constructions are defensive but theoretically we are lacking the set of variables that must come into play in this statement. From the case of the RRF Pergamino, repeated in other dwellings in a similar and sometimes identical way, we can at least affirm a remarkable ubiquity. The structure has many features (moat, lookout, low eaves, privileged location, etc.) similar to other buildings built in contemporary times that cover practically all the S XIX. Variables that would be in play in the concept of defense, were inquiered to military sources and contrasted to RRF