Don Domingo Ordoñana (1829-1897), was a prominent rancher in
Soriano Department
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in
Uruguay
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Patron of national commemorations
He was noted for patronizing works of national commemorative importance. These include a memorial obelisk to the landing 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 ...
at
Agraciada Beach
Agraciada Beach is a historic beach area in Uruguay.
Location
It is situated on the eastern bank of the Uruguay River, within the Soriano Department, on the Uruguayan side of the river, opposite territory in the Argentine province of Entre Rí ...
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He also hosted at his Casa Blanca ranch the distinguished artist
Juan Manuel Blanes
Juan Manuel Blanes (June 8, 1830 – April 15, 1901) was a noted Uruguayan painter of the Realism (art), Realist school.
Life and work
Blanes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1830. He was raised by his mother, with whom he relocated to the cou ...
during the latter's execution of his major work depicting the oath of the Thirty-Three Orientals.
Image
Wikimedia
Agricultural interests; death
Don Domingo was also noted for introducing various schemes of agricultural improvement.
He died in 1897 during a voyage to Spain.
See also
* Thirty-Three Orientals#Landing
* Juan Manuel Blanes#Works of Uruguayan national importance
References
Uruguayan people of Basque descent
History of Uruguay
Uruguayan cattlemen
1829 births
1897 deaths
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