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The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Dominic (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santo Domingo), popularly known as Iglesia de los Domínicos, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Cordón, Montevideo, Uruguay. [1]
In 1624, a Franciscan Mission established a village for the indigenous tribes of the area named Santo Domingo de Soriano. It constituted the first permanent European settlement on Uruguayan soil, predating the foundation of Colonia del Sacramento by more than fifty years. It was moved to its current location in 1708.
Santo Domingo Soriano was one of the oldest European settlements in the colonial Banda Oriental, dating to 1624. At that time it had a small chapel. The present building was constructed much later, but nevertheless constitutes a historic landmark. It features the only articulated image of Jesus Christ in Uruguay. [2]
The first division of Uruguay into six departments occurred on 27 January 1816. In February of the same year, two more departments were formed, and in 1828 one more was added. When the country's first constitution was signed in 1830, there were nine departments: Montevideo, Maldonado, Canelones, San José, Colonia, Soriano, Paysandú, Durazno ...
Casa Chorizo with short side (8.66 metres) on street. A Casa Chorizo, Casa Patio, or (formally) a Standard House (Casa Standard) is a popular type of dwelling from the late 19th to early 20th century in Argentina and Uruguay. They were predominantly built in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Rosario.
Palaces in Uruguay (1 C) This page was last edited on 1 February 2020, at 06:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Drawing made by Juan Bellver under the pseudonym Juan Sanuy (1856 - 1908) of the Uruguayan merchant Domingo Ordoñana. Don Domingo Ordoñana (1829-1897), was a prominent rancher in Soriano Department in Uruguay.
Residencia Presidencial de Suárez y Reyes, or simply Residencia de Suárez (Spanish for Suárez Residence), is the official residence of the president of Uruguay, so-called because it is located at the intersection of Suarez and Reyes streets, in Prado, Montevideo. To its back lies the Montevideo Botanic Garden.