Montevideo, is the largest city, capital and chief port of Uruguay. Montevideo is the primary city in Uruguay, the only city in the country with a population over 1,700,000. Montevideo has a privileged harbour, one of the most important in the Americas. Also, it has beautiful beaches, like Pocitos, Buceo, Malvín, Playa de los Ingleses, Playa Verde, Punta Gorda and Carrasco. Many monuments and museums cover the city, as well as historic buildings and squares. The city's mayor is Ricardo Ehrlich. According to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Montevideo is the Latin American city with the highest quality of life (followed by Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile). See also La Nación -Chilean newspaper article that mentions the three Latin American cities with highest quality of life according to the MHRC 2007 investigation.

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libertador avenue, with the legislative palace at the end

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towers of the world trade center montevideo (100 mts c/u)

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independence square........ ciudadela entrance and salvo palace (100 mts, the highest building in america when it was finished).

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sculpture of José Artigas, the most important uruguayan hero, downstairs: the mausoleo of Artigas, the place where the rests of this hero are.

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mausoleo of Artigas, with the blandengues security

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legislative palace, uruguayan parliament

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other

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montevideo municipal gobernament

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clinical hospital Dr. manuel quintela (one of the biggest hospitals in america)

with 110.000 sf. (mt.2) and 23 floors, with 6 buildings interconnected


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cerro de montevideo (in spanish)............montevideo mountain (i don't know hay to say cerro in english)

El Cerro de Montevideo, el cual figura en el cuartel superior de la derecha del Escudo de Uruguay como símbolo de fuerza, está ubicado adyacente a la bahía de Montevideo. Con 132 metros de altura, fue un punto estratégico para proteger el puerto durante la colonización de América, y en 1717 el militar español Bruno Mauricio de Zabala hizo construir en la cima un fuerte que denominó Fuerte de San Miguel, actualmente denominado Fortaleza General Artigas y utilizado como museo. El faro que posee está ubicado a una altura de 148 metros, lo que permite que la entrada al puerto de Montevideo sea más segura.

Sobre la falda del Cerro de Montevideo se han construido desde principios del siglo XX diversos barrios, habitados mayoritariamente por descendientes de inmigrantes de toda Europa: España, Italia, Lituania, Polonia, Rusia, Armenia, etcétera, y las calles han sido denominadas con los nombres de esos países.


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the cerro fort

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view from fort

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other skylines
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solis theatre (in spanish)

El Teatro Solís de la ciudad de Montevideo (Uruguay) fue inaugurado en el año 1856 en presencia del presidente Gabriel Antonio Pereira, con la representación de la ópera Ernani de Verdi, aunque la idea de tener una sala de nivel internacional en la capital de la joven república existía casi desde el nacimiento de ésta.

Toma su nombre del navegante español Juan Díaz de Solís, que fue el comandante de la primera expedición europea que penetró en el Río de la Plata. Antes de elegirse ese nombre se habían puestos a consideración otros, como Teatro del Progreso, Teatro de la Empresa, Teatro del Sol (por el gran sol que corona la fachada del edificio), y Empresa del Teatro de Solís.

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el foyer (palabra francesa que significa: sala de estar, era el lugar en donde los reyes en los grandes teatros recibían a sus invitados)

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cristal lamp

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roof and the big cristal lamp

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centenario stadium, with 80.000 seats, whe it was built was the biggest stadium in the world, and here took place the first football world cup in 1930

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port district

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old town

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metropolitan cathedral (1740)

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Montevideo is beautiful and developed! Great pics!!!!

Montevideo is a quite charming city, excelent pics.

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Montevideo is beautiful and developed! Great pics!!!!

I agree.

Beautiful Montevideo :okay:

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good photos

jaja......thank's:

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Nice pics! I like a lot your country!
Greetz from Santa Catarina's state, South of Brazil!

What an amazing thread! But... anyone from another country apart from Brazil? hehe

yes I know.......

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Kauniita kuvia, hieno kaupunki!
Beautiful pictures, nice city!
Re buenas las fotos!!!

Saludos y Gracias, desde Helsinki Finlandia

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Wow i had no idea, gorgeous looking city! Greetings from Ireland.......

One of the most beautiful city in Latin America.
Thanks for the pictures, they all look awesome!

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That building is amazing, like something from Angkor Wat!

jajajaj.....yes it looks like........jajaj........that building is the Palacio Salvo, with 100 meters tall

more...

Antel tower (160 mts)

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18 th July avenue (venida 18 de julio):

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view of Montevideo downtown:

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more photos !!!!

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lovely place

I wanna go there, so beautiful! I'm expecting to stay at your place while i'm there though :lol:

Awesome place

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I wanna go there, so beautiful! I'm expecting to stay at your place while i'm there though :lol:

jajajajajajaj........you have many hotels to stay if you want.......jajajajajja

I invite you to my web about 2030 World Cup

English: http://www.argentinauruguay2030.com/

En Español: http://www.mundialuruguay2030.com/

jajajajaj.....thank's.....jaja