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Agraciada Beach is a historic beach area in
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.


Location

It is situated on the eastern bank of the
Uruguay River The Uruguay River ( es, Río Uruguay, ; pt, Rio Uruguai, ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La M ...
, within the
Soriano Department Soriano () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Mercedes. It is located on the west of the country, south of Río Negro Department, north of Colonia Department and west of Flores Department. Its western border is the Río Uruguay, separa ...
, on the
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an side of the river, opposite territory in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos.


Historical association

On April 19, 1825, the
Thirty-Three Orientals The ''Treinta y Tres Orientales'' (English: Thirty-Three Orientals or Thirty-Three Easterners) was a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe against the Empire of Brazil. Their actions culminated in the foun ...
, who were to be credited with liberating
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
from
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian occupation, landed at Agraciada Beach. This landing of the historic Thirty Three at the beach proved to be one of the significant stages in the establishing the independence of Uruguay.


Monument and legacy

A monument to the arrival of the
Thirty-Three Orientals The ''Treinta y Tres Orientales'' (English: Thirty-Three Orientals or Thirty-Three Easterners) was a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe against the Empire of Brazil. Their actions culminated in the foun ...
was erected in 1863 by local landowner don Domingo Ordoñana at the edge of the beach in the 19th century. An avenue near the Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo was formerly named after the Agraciada Beach.


Linguistic note

The beach was formerly known as 'graseada', from 'grasería', ''(Spanish: 'chandlery')'', given the prior existence of a chandlery at that location. The word 'graseada' was later corrupted to the form 'agraciada' ''(Spanish: 'pretty', 'good looking')'', and which was to become the durable form in the name.


See also

*
History of Uruguay The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the 16th century), the Colonial Period (1516–1811), the Period of Nation-Building (1811–1830), and the history of Uruguay as an independent co ...
* Thirty-Three Orientals#Landing * Flag of the Treinta y Tres#Historical background * Lavalleja#Historical Legacy * Domingo Ordoñana#Patron of national commemorations * Soriano Department#Noted locality


References

{{Soriano Department Beaches of Uruguay