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List Of Museums In Montevideo
This is a list of any museum and art gallery in Montevideo, Uruguay. Biographical, City, Ethnographic, and History museums, and Historic Houses *Archivo de la Ciudad *Museo del Arma de Ingenieros “Aduana de Oribe” * Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal - Cabildo * Casa de Gobierno “Palacio Estevez” *Museo Histórico Nacional **Casa del Gral. Fructuoso Rivera **Casa del Gral. Juan Antonio Lavalleja **Casa de Antonio Montero (see Museo Romántico) **Casa de Juan Francisco Giró **Casa de José Garibaldi **Casa de Manuel Ximénez y Gómez ** Casa Quinta del Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera **Casa Quinta de José Batlle y Ordoñez **Casa de Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (see Museo Juan Zorrilla de San Martín) * Museo de Artes Decorativas (Palacio Taranco) * *Museo Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (House museum and art gallery) *Museo Romántico (Casa de Antonio Montero) *Museo del Descubrimiento-Apostadero Naval Español * Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria *Recordatorio del Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
