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The culture of Uruguay is diverse since the nation's population is one of multicultural origins. Modern Uruguayan culture is known to be heavily European influenced, mostly by the contribution of its alternating conquerors, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and from the large numbers of immigrants who arrived in the country from the 19th century ...
Modern entrance to the Lascaux cave. On 12 September 1940, the entrance to the Lascaux Cave was discovered on the La Rochefoucauld-Montbel lands by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat when his dog, Robot, investigated a hole left by an uprooted tree (Ravidat would embellish the story in later retellings, saying Robot had fallen into the cave.) [8] [9] Ravidat returned to the scene with three friends ...
v. t. e. Indigenous peoples in Uruguay or Native Uruguayans, are the peoples who have historically lived in the modern state of Uruguay. Because of genocidal colonial practices, disease and active exclusion, only a very small share of the population is aware of the country's indigenous history or has known indigenous ancestry. [3][4] Scholars ...
Uruguay (/ ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ [ 12 ]YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the ...
The culture of South America draws on diverse cultural traditions. These include the native cultures of the peoples that inhabited the continents prior to the arrival of the Europeans; European cultures, brought mainly by the Spanish, the Portuguese and the French; African cultures, whose presence derives from a long history of New World slavery; and the United States, particularly via mass ...
Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868. A gaucho (Spanish:) or gaúcho (Portuguese:) is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, [1] Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, [2] and the south of Chilean Patagonia. [3]
The culture of Francehas been shaped by geography, by historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culturesince the 17th century and from the 19th century on, worldwide. From the late 19th century, France has also played an important role in ...
French Guiana is the second-largest region of France (more than one-seventh the size of Metropolitan France) and the largest outermost region within the European Union. It has a very low population density, with only 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi).