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Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ⓘ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and the capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.
South view of Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, Colonia del Sacramento. The parish was established on 2 February 1680, being one of the oldest in the country. [1] The first church was a humble mud ranch. It is as old as the city itself (a former Portuguese settlement).
The siege of Colonia del Sacramento took place between October 1735 and September 1737, during the Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737). Siege.
The siege of Colonia del Sacramento was a successful siege in 1704 by Spanish forces of the Portuguese colonial town of Colonia del Sacramento, opposite Buenos Aires and now in the nation of Uruguay. Four thousand natives and 650 Spaniards, led by the governor of Buenos Aires, Don Alonso Juan de Valdes e Inclán , and Baltasar García Ros ...
The First Cevallos expedition was a series of Spanish military operations in South America during the Fantastic War.Under the command of the governor of Buenos Aires, Pedro Antonio de Cevallos, the expedition captured the Portuguese settlement of Colónia do Sacramento and fought off a joint Anglo-Portuguese attempt to recapture it.
The battle of Colonia del Sacramento (or Colônia do Sacramento) consisted of a series of failed attempts made by admiral William Brown of capturing the town of Colonia del Sacramento, which was under Brazilian control and being sieged on land by insurgent Uruguayan forces, in the context of the Cisplatine War between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
The other, more central square is the commercial centre of the city. The main commercial street is 19 de Avril, which at its south ends at the bridge, after which it becomes Route 21 which joins it with Colonia del Sacramento and also forks towards other destinations. [citation needed] Hotel Casino de Carmelo
La calle de los Suspiros ("Street of Sighs") is a historical street located at Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. The street was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995. This article about the history of Uruguay is a stub .