Bariloche, Patagonia Argentina Day 10 Swiss Colony The Swiss village was created towards the end of the XIX century, when the brothers Felix, Camilo and Maria Goye arrived. Natives of Valais, in the French Switzerland, they crossed the mountain range, after going though Chile. In 1902, with new laws that favored immigration, other Swiss families took root on the foot of the Cerro Lopez: the Cretton, the Mermoud and the Neu.