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Mônica Kabregu
Mônica Kabregu Bernasconi (born March 31, 1947, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan visual artist, ceramicist, and painter. Her name is also spelled as Mónica Kabregú. Biography Kabregu is the daughter of artists Enzo Domestico Kabregu and and is of Arbëreshë people, Arbëresh descent. Her older sister is the artist and alongside her family members, Kabregu organized and maintained the Centro Plástico Athenea ("Althenea Plastic Center") and the Escuela de Cerámica Artística ("School of Ceramic Art"), prominent art education centers in Uruguay founded by her parents. From 1995 to the 2010s, Kabregu collaborated with her sister and other artists in an artist collective based in Porto Alegre named Ir-Mano Artistas Latinoamericanos. With this group, she has exhibited her art throughout many different countries in South America and Europe. In 2001, her artwork was included in an exhibition held as a tribute to the legacy of her father, Enzo Domestico Kabregu, at the , in c ... [...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 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% 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. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
