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Montevideo Travel Guide

Montevideo has a privileged harbor, one of the most important in the Americas. Also, it has beautiful beaches, like Pocitos, Buceo, Malvín, Playa de los Ingleses, Punta Gorda and Carrasco. Many monuments and museums cover the city, as well as historic buildings and squares.

About Montevideo

Montevideo covers an area of 131.3 sq. miles (340 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1.5 million people being the largest city, capital and chief port of Uruguay. Montevideo is the primate city in Uruguay, the only city in the country with a population over 1,000,000.

Museo Torres García

m2.jpgJoaquín Torres García was an Uruguayan artist that revolutioned modern painting; his style, called “constructivismo”, was the beginning of a new era. Several of his works (and his followers) can be seen at his Museum. You can find here interesting temporal expositions, too. Joaquín Torres García fue un artista uruguayo que revolucionó la pintura moderna; su estilo, denominado “cosntructivismo” marcó el comienzo de una nueva era. Varias de sus obras (y de sus seguidores) están expuestas en este Museo. Se pueden ver también aquí interesantes exposiciones temporales.

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