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La Mano (The Hand) is a sculpture in Punta del Este by Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal. [3] It depicts five human fingers partially emerging from sand and is located on Parada 1 at Brava Beach [2] in Punta del Este, a popular tourist town in Uruguay.
Punta del Este hosted the Whitbread Around the World yacht races from 1985 to 1994 and participated with its own yacht 'Uruguay Natural'. Punta del Este also hosted the 1967 American Summit attended by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, and the start of the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations in 1986 that led to the creation of the ...
Punta del Este is virtually connected to the city of Maldonado and eastward spread widely, encompassing La Barra and José Ignacio. It has 122 hotels, 80 restaurants, an international airport and a yacht port that can accommodate 500 boats. About 8 kilometers southeast of Punta del Este is the Lobos Island full of South American fur seals.
Casapueblo is a building constructed by the Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró.It is located in Punta Ballena, 13 kilometres (8 mi) from Punta del Este, Uruguay.. Initially, it was the artist's summer home and workshop, and includes a museum, an art gallery, a cafeteria and a hotel in its fac
Along with Isla de Lobos, the island has been declared to be a National Heritage, attracting tourists on beaches annually. [1] Surrounding waters are rich in wildlife both for permanently and seasonally, including southern right whales, [3] [4] southern elephant seals [5] and orcas chasing tunas [6] or South American sea lions and South American fur seals breed on Isla de Lobos.
The fair runs for four days and brings together galleries from more than 20 countries at the Punta del Este Exhibition Center, Uruguay’s largest and newly constructed in 2017. [ 15 ] [ 4 ] [ 14 ] [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 16 ] The fair is open to the public and its third and latest edition attracted about 6,000 visitors, an increase from the initial ...
Pages in category "Punta del Este" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Channel 7 (Punta del Este, Uruguay) F. Fundacion Pablo Atchugarry; G.
A man by the last name Martínez, the first owner of the La Barra hotel, La Posta del Cangrejo, convinced the then Uruguayan president Eduardo Víctor Haedo to build a bridge linking that town with Punta del Este. Historically, there has been two bridges built at the same crossing of the Maldonado River which each failed due to natural disasters.