Within the so-called “Pago de La Costa” or “Pago del Monte Grande” is what is today San Isidro.
The legend goes that while passing through this area, a Basque captain, Domingo de Acassuso, had a dream in which he promised to build a chapel in honor of San Isidro Labrador, this being the origin of the town. Even though nothing remains of the first chapel built in 1707, its placement was preserved. Today the San Isidro Cathedral is located there.
San Isidro was already quite prominent by the end of the 18th century. Its territory consisted of what is today Vicente López, San Fernando, part of 3 de Febrero and the neighborhood Belgrano.
In those times, land used for labor became a resting place for the aristocratic porteno families. During this time they built large houses surrounded by vast gardens which gave San Isidro that peculiarity that over time began to identify it. It consists of the old  part of the city, with colonial houses in front of the Río de la Plata, the area behind the Cathedral, whose gardens take over the tracks and lead to an open view of the river, as well as the areas around Plaza Mitre where time seems to have stopped. San Isidro is still the oldest and most traditional neighborhood in the area.
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