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Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ⓘ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and the capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.
The battle of Colonia del Sacramento (or Colônia do Sacramento) consisted of a series of failed attempts made by admiral William Brown of capturing the town of Colonia del Sacramento, which was under Brazilian control and being sieged on land by insurgent Uruguayan forces, in the context of the Cisplatine War between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Colonia del Sacramento was returned to Portugal in the Treaty of Paris, but Santa Tecla, San Miguel, Santa Teresa and Rio Grande de São Pedro remained in Spanish hands. The Portuguese squadron in 1777, commanded by Robert MacDouall, by José Custódio de Sá e Faria. The Portuguese started assembling troops and harassing the Spanish in 1767.
Colonia (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ) is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento , the country's second-oldest city. Geography
The First Cevallos expedition was a series of Spanish military operations in South America during the Fantastic War.Under the command of the governor of Buenos Aires, Pedro Antonio de Cevallos, the expedition captured the Portuguese settlement of Colónia do Sacramento and fought off a joint Anglo-Portuguese attempt to recapture it.
Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes (2 C, 2 P) F. ... Pages in category "Colonia del Sacramento" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
South view of Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, Colonia del Sacramento. The parish was established on 2 February 1680, being one of the oldest in the country. [1] The first church was a humble mud ranch. It is as old as the city itself (a former Portuguese settlement).
This river serves as a port for the town. On its north bank there is the Puerto Carmelo-Tigre, where small catamaran boats carry passengers across the Río de la Plata to Argentina. A swing bridge, the Puente Giratorio de Carmelo, which opened on 1 May 1912, passes over the Arroyo de las Vacas. The bridge joins the north part of the city with ...