Montevideo
Montevideo is the primate city in Uruguay, the only city in the country with a population over 1,000,000. Montevideo has a privileged harbour, one of the most important in the Americas. Also, it has beautiful beaches, like Pocitos, Buceo, Malvin, Playa de los Ingleses, Playa Verde, Punta Gorda and Carrasco.
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Ciudad Vieja (Old City) is the name of the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay.
Nowadays, Ciudad Vieja is a neighbourhood of this city. In the last couple of years it has gone through a major transformation that has made it the main nightlife centre in town. It is in this area where most of the nightclubs are.
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Rambla is the name of the avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo.
Since all the southern departments of Uruguay are against either the Río de la Plata or the Atlantic Ocean, they all have ramblas as well.
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The Maritime Harbourg of Montevideo is the main commercial harbourg of Uruguay.
It is placed on the River of La Plata, in the bay of Montevideo's city, in one important transit charge zone of the Mercosur.
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Carnival Week is considered the annual national festival of the nation. While the Carnaval extends to all the country with important events in several cities of the interior, the main activities are made in the capital of Montevideo. Homes and...
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Day of Yemayá: Yemaja is an orisha, originally of the Yoruba religion, who has become prominent in many Afro-American religions.
Africans from what is now called Yorubaland brought Yemaya and a host of other deities/energy forces in nature with them when they were brought to the shores of the Americas as captives. She is the ocean, the essence of motherhood, and a protector of...
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Rodó Park is a neighborhood of Montevideo city its name cames because of the park that is placed there and because of the famousuruguayan writer called José Enrique Rodó,
The neighborhood is placed in one of the most important zone of the ciy near from the center and from the coast of Río de la Plata.We can find Playa Ramírez and the building of the Mercosur that before was Hotel Park.
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Palermo is located in the south of the city,in the west we can find Ciudad Vieja , in the north with the center, in the east with Jackson St. and in the south withwith the rambla a sobre la costa del Río de la Plata.
The most importants buildings are Cementerio Central and the university of the work in Uruguay(UTU), in San Salvador St. Near the South neighborhood, Palermo is the center of the carnival activities.
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Tristán Narvaja
Tristán Narvaja has a really interesting fair in wich we can find a lot of nice things for a reasonable price.
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Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower) is a 158 metre tall building with 35 floors in Montevideo, Uruguay.
This is the headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, ANTEL, and is the tallest building in the country. It was designed by architect Carlos Ott. It is situated by the side of Montevideo's bay.
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Pocitos is an upscale beach neighborhood in Uruguay's capital city, Montevideo.
This area is located along the banks of the Rio de la Plata. The neighborhood is known for its beach, Playa Pocitos, and the Rambla, or boulevard, that lies alongside it. Pocitos is characterized by its apartment buildings of 10 to 15 stories that lie...
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Centro is the downtown neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its main avenue is 18 de Julio avenue, which goes from Plaza Independencia to Artigas Boulevard.
All the commercial area used to be concentrated in this neighbourhood, but after the opening of the first malls, small stores downtown started closing down. Now, that process is being reverted and the area is coming back to life.
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Atractive places in Montevideo
The most attractive places in town. You will have the opportunity to know the Old City, with this rich architecture, Port Market, Downtown shops, Independence Square, Parliament Palace, the romantic zone know as “el Prado”, the Hill of Montevideo, the...
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