Theme Week Uruguay – Colonia del Sacramento
Friday, 24 August 2018 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Colonia del Sacramento, formerly the
Portuguese Colónia do Sacramento ) is a
city in southwestern
Uruguay , by the
Río de la Plata , facing
Buenos Aires ,
Argentina . It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and capital of the
Colonia Department . It has a population of around 27,000. It is renowned for its historic quarter, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site . Modern Colonia del Sacramento produces
textiles and has a
free trade zone , in addition to a
polytechnic centre and various government buildings.
The city was developed on a peninsula that protrudes into the Río de la Plata. The 16 hectare “Barrio Histórico”, or Portuguese Old City, was enclosed by a fortification wall across the peninsula in the site of present-day Calle Ituzaingó. Most of the fortification wall was removed in 1777 and the remaining parts in 1859. The Portuguese part of the city has an irregular street network. Outside the wall, the historical part of the city was planned in Spanish colonial style and in the characteristic checkerboard layout.
Historic District, seen from the lighthouse © HalloweenHJB/cc-by-sa-3.0
The
Barrio Histórico (historic quarter) section of Colonia del Sacramento is designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is a popular tourist attraction for visitors from Buenos Aires, and there is frequent ferry service across the Río de la Plata between the two cities, with fast ferries completing the journey in just 50 minutes. The historical section of Colonia, which has some cobblestone streets built by the Portuguese in the 17th century, is within walking distance of the ferry terminal. Among the notable tourist attractions around the tree-lined Plaza Mayor (main square) are:
Portón de Campo – the City Gate and wooden drawbridge
Lighthouse and convent ruins of the 17th century Convent of San Francisco
Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento – the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, built of stone by the Portuguese in 1808Portuguese Museum – constructed in the 18th century, it exhibits Portuguese furnishings, jewelry, uniforms and old maps of Portuguese naval expeditions
Casa de Nacarello – an 18th-century Portuguese house
Municipal Museum – rebuilt by the Spanish in 1835 as the Casa del Almirante Brown, it exhibits artifacts and documents of the city’s different periods and cultures
Viceroy’s House – the Casa del Virrey, reconstructed from the original ruins
Plaza de toros Real de San Carlos , a Bullring included in an old tourist complex now abandoned.
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