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The bank's headquarters are located in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. [11] The building, designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Veltroni in a neoclassical style, was built in 1866 to house the Italian Bank, and was later used successively by other banking institutions, such as Banco Unión, or by the Junta de Crédito Público and by Banco Nacional until its dissolution.
La Pedrera is a village and resort on the Atlantic Coast in the Rocha Department of Uruguay. It is located on Route 10 , about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of La Paloma . Although it has a very small permanent population, in summer it is an important coastal resort.
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores), popularly known as Tierra Santa, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay. [1] The temple is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. The parish was established on 30 October 1919. [1]
Uruguay is a representative democratic republic with a presidential system. [78] The members of government are elected for a five-year term by a universal suffrage system. [78] Uruguay is a unitary state: justice, education, health, security, foreign policy and defense are all administered nationwide. [78]
The Headquarters of the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the building that houses the main offices of the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay. It is located in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. The building, which was built in the neoclassical style, was designed by Italian architect Giovanni Veltroni and completed in 1938. [1]
An enlargeable relief map of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uruguay: Uruguay – sovereign country located in southeastern South America. [1] It is home to 3.46 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. Montevideo was ...
Stretching west along the Río de la Plata from Montevideo, are the agricultural and dairying departments of San José and Colonia. [1] To the north along the Río Uruguay lie the departments of Soriano, Río Negro, Paysandú and Salto. [1] Their western halves form part of the litoral, a region that is somewhat more developed than the interior ...