What You Will Do
We will get to know the main tourist spots, starting with the old so-called "Old City" today also a financial center, we begin with one of the most representative buildings and headquarters of Banco Republica and a few meters from the Church of San Francisco de Asís; We continue to Plaza Zabala with its Palacio Taranco, now a Museum of Decorative Arts; we walk the corner street that has the main banks; Stock Exchange Building; Artigas building reaching the Plaza Matriz; we will see from the Plaza El Cabildo National Historical Monument; the Mother Cathedral. Plaza Independencia, July 18, Legislative Palace, Agricultural Market, Monument to La Carreta, Centenario Stadium, Word Montevideo in KIBON, Carrasco neighborhood.
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Itinerary
1
Plaza Matriz
The Plaza de la Constitución or Plaza Matriz is located in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay, in the center of the historic neighborhood of Ciudad Vieja. It was the Plaza Mayor of the Fortress City of San Felipe and Santiago de Montevideo, in which it was the only open public space conceived as such. From the Plaza Matriz you will see the pedestrian sarandi, the Ministry of transport, the town hall and the Uruguay club.
2
20 minutes
The construction of the Plaza Independencia in the space occupied by the old Citadel was an idea carried out by the architect Carlo Zucchi in 1837, when it was decided to expand the old colonial city, as part of a general planning plan.
We will report why they are ornamented with 33 palm trees, in homage to the Thirty-Three Orientals who participated in the Liberation Crusade. From the Plaza we can appreciate the Palacio Salvo, the Solis Theater, the Executive Tower, the Estevez Palace and the old Puerta de la Ciudadela.
3
Palacio Legislativo
15 minutes
The Legislative Palace is the seat of the Legislative Power of Uruguay. The General Assembly works there, which is made up of two chambers that meet separately or jointly depending on the circumstances: the House of Representatives and the House of Senators. The construction of the work was in charge of the Italian architect Gaetano Moretti, who counted on the collaboration of the Uruguayan architect Eugenio Baroffio.
4
Mercado Agricola Montevideo - MAM
20 minutes
The Mercado Agrícola de Montevideo is one of the largest agricultural markets in Montevideo. In 2006, the Agricultural Market became the property of the Montevideo City Council and it began to plan its reconstruction, a project that was accompanied by a revitalization process of the entire surrounding area. Also promoting an urban recovery and repopulation of the neighborhood.
5
La Carreta
15 minutes
The work is inspired by the gauchos, rural life and the old cargo transport prior to the arrival of the automobile and the railroad.
6
Playa Pocitos
15 minutes
Stop for panoramic photography of the Montevideo sign with the view of Pocitos beach.
7
Sofitel Montevideo Casino
15 minutes
The neighborhood became the most luxurious residential area in the city, where the upper class of the city largely lives. In the north Pierre Durandeau planted thousands of trees and developed the current Rivera Park. Carrasco spread to the exclusive area of Miramar, where a large hotel now converted into the Naval School operated, and to the north in popular and industrial neighborhoods such as Carrasco Norte and Paso Carrasco.
La Rambla de Montevideo finds in Carrasco one of its most successful manifestations from the landscape point of view.
Carrasco Beach, aerial shot, Montevideo, Uruguay
The Hotel Carrasco was renovated and is operated by the French hotel chain Sofitel.
8
Estadio Centenario
The Centennial Stadium is a soccer stadium that is among those that hosted the World Cup. First World Cup stadium.
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