  The arrival of Albert Einstein in Argentina in 1925 had an impact, equally
relevant, on the scientific community and on the general public. In this paper
we discuss that visit from three different perspectives. Firstly, we consider
the conditions that allowed for such visit to be possible. Then we focus on the
institutional actors that facilitated it, as well as on the expertise and
written references on topics related to relativity theory circulating at the
time in the local community. In the last section we consider the implications
of that visit for the local scientific environment.
