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Tourism in Uruguay is an important part of the nation's economy.. Uruguay's tourist destinations include: Punta del Este, Piriápolis, Montevideo, Colonia del Sacramento, Salto, Lavalleja, Rocha, Artigas, Rivera, and others.
Archivo de la Ciudad [1] Museo del Arma de Ingenieros “Aduana de Oribe” [2] [3] Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal - Cabildo; Casa de Gobierno “Palacio Estevez” Museo Histórico Nacional [4] Casa del Gral. Fructuoso Rivera; Casa del Gral. Juan Antonio Lavalleja [5] Casa de Antonio Montero (see Museo Romántico) Casa de Juan Francisco ...
The main streets of Bella Vista are Agraciada Avenue, Joaquín Suárez Avenue and Rambla Balthasar Brum, which runs along the coastline. Its two main squares are Plaza San Martín, dedicated to the Argentine independence hero, and Plaza Joaquín Suárez, dedicated to the politician and twice President of the Republic, whose statue, on the south edge of the square, marks the beginning of the ...
The rambla Gandhi, in Punta Carretas.. The Rambla of Montevideo is the coastal avenue that goes along the coastline of the Rio de la Plata in Montevideo, Uruguay.At a length of over 22.2 uninterrupted kilometres (13.7 mi), the promenade runs along the Río de la Plata and continues down the entire coast of Montevideo.
5, room, upstairs. Surface: 570 m 2; Conference Room, ground floor, with a capacity of 174 seats. Primarily designed for video conferences. Library, upstairs. Monday to Friday from 11 to 17 hours, focused on art, with more than 8,000 volumes. [1] Garden, designed by landscape architect Leandro Silva Delgado Uruguay.
Ciudad Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað ˈβjexa], Old City) is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the Bay of Montevideo, it is the city's historic district. It was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire. Following Uruguay’s independence, it became a ...
Avenida 18 de Julio was conceived as the axis of the "New City", after the 1829 Constituent Assembly decreed the demolition of the city's walls and fortifications. [5] The avenue was designed in a straight line, up to Médanos Street (current Javier Various Amorín St.) where it forked between Camino Maldonado (east extension of current 18 de Julio Avenue) and Estanzuela (current Constituent ...
However in 1829 the Constituent General Assembly of the newly created Uruguayan State approved a law that provided for the demolition of the walls of Montevideo. After this decision, the walled city became an open city, and therefore, an urban layout was made to extend it beyond the Ciudad Vieja , in what would be known as Ciudad Nueva ("New ...