Answer: The architectural dominant of the city is the Palacio Salvo (1928), a 26-storey neo-Gothic skyscraper by architect Mario Palanti. The Old Town has preserved colonial buildings of the XVIII century, including the Cabildo with a facade in the Spanish Baroque style. The Teatro Solis (1856) is the main opera house of the country with world-class acoustics.
Answer: The Uruguayan capital displays an eclectic style, from the colonial Baroque Cathedral of San Fernando (1726) to the Art Deco Palace of Estevez (1873). Of particular interest is the modernist Torre de las Communicaciónes building (2000) with a revolving restaurant. The Positos Quarter is built up with luxurious mansions of the XIX century in the styles of neoclassicism and French bos-ara.
Answer: The Musée del Gaucho displays authentic Uruguayan cowboy household items - vicuña wool ponchos, silver spurs and a mate collection. Interactive Museo del Futuro offers children experiments with robotics and VR technologies. On the coast there is an aquarium with rare freshwater fish of the Rio de la Plata.
Answer: Rambla Boulevard with a 22-kilometer promenade offers panoramas of La Plata Bay and picturesque sunsets. In the park Rodo photogenic sculptures "La Carreta" Francesco Sosa and rotunda 1910. Sarandi Street in the Old Town has preserved eighteenth-century paving stones and graffiti by Uruguayan artists.
Answer: At the base of the Pharo de Punta Brava lighthouse, a time capsule with newspapers from 1876 is walled up. The Mercado del Puerto building was built in England and was assembled in Uruguay as a designer - its cast-iron columns were cast in Liverpool. In the basements of the Solis Theatre there are still tunnels used by smugglers in the XIX century.
Answer: In the house on the street Itusaingo lived the writer Jorge Luis Borges, who described the city in the story “Aleph”. Artist Joaquin Torres Garcia created the Montevideo School of Constructive Universalism, whose mosaics adorn the facades. Enrico Caruso and Anna Pavlova performed at the Verdi Theatre during their world tours.
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