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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 ...
La Paloma is an ocean resort located at the Cape of Santa María, founded on September 1, 1874. It is located in the east in the Rocha Department . It is 240 km from Montevideo and is approximately 90 km from Punta del Este and 160 km from Chuy , a town bordering Brazil.
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.
The Obelisk of Montevideo marks the west end of the park area. On the West side of Parque Batlle, on Artigas Boulevard, there is the Obelisk of Montevideo, a monument dedicated to those who created the first Constitution and inaugurated in 1938. It is a monumental work of the sculptor José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1891–1975).
The National Museum of Natural History (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural or MNHN) in Montevideo is a natural history museum in Uruguay.It opened in 1838, and is the oldest scientific institution in Uruguay and one of the oldest natural history collections in the world.
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 ...
Plaza de Cagancha (Spanish for 'Cagancha Square') is a public square in barrio Centro of Montevideo, Uruguay. [1] Located on 18 de Julio Avenue, the main avenue of the city, it originated in 1836 as the central space of the layout of the "Ciudad Nueva" ("new city"), outside the limits of the walled area of the colonial period.
It holds a dominant position on the highest hill of the department of Montevideo (popularly known as Cerro de Montevideo) with an altitude of 134 meters above sea level, on the opposite side of the bay. [2] Its function was to defend the population of Montevideo and its port, on the río de la Plata.