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    la Constitución (Spanish for 'Constitution Square'), also known as Plaza Matriz, is the oldest city square in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in barrio Ciudad...
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  • Constitution Square may refer to: Constitution Square Historic Site, Danville, Kentucky Constitution Square (Kyiv) Constitution Square (Montevideo) Constitution...
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    one-third of the country's total population) in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi). Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the...
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    Mexico City, Mexico; Constitution Square, Montevideo, Uruguay; Monument to the Constitution of 1812, Comayagua, Honduras; and Constitution of 1812 Monument...
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    located on Constitution Square, in Ciudad Vieja. Perez Montero, Carlos; Instituto Historico y Geografico del Uruguay (1950). El Cabildo de Montevideo el arquitecto...
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    The Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo) is the main Roman Catholic church of Montevideo, and seat of its...
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    the historic city centre of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the Bay of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a...
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    Obelisk of Montevideo was erected as a memorial to the First Constitution. Nahum, Benjamín (1994). Manual de Historia del Uruguay 1830–1903. Montevideo: Ediciones...
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  • tracks began, and tram networks were installed in Montevideo, administered by the State. The Constitution of 1918, as a result of political negotiation,...
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    million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers...
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    José Gervasio Artigas (category Military personnel from Montevideo)
    national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood. Born in Montevideo, Artigas enlisted in the Spanish military in 1797 and fought the British...
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    Peatonal Sarandí (category Streets in Montevideo)
    on Constitution Square, the Cabildo, which houses the municipal archive of the city and is also a national monument and museum, and the Montevideo Metropolitan...
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    18 de Julio Avenue (category Streets in Montevideo)
    is the most important avenue in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is named after the date when the country's first Constitution was sworn in, on July 18, 1830....
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    siege to Montevideo. With the destruction of the Uruguayan army at the battle of Arroyo Grande, it was assumed that the country's capital, Montevideo, would...
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  • following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. 1724 – Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo (Historic City Centre) founded. 1726 – Settlement...
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    various social institutions. In 1923, the local fascio was founded in Montevideo under the sponsorship of Italian diplomats. The movement did not claim...
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    Obras Sanitarias del Estado (category Organizations based in Montevideo)
    Montevideo. In 1868 the construction of a steam pumping plant began, a pipeline of almost 60 km and the installation of three fountains (Constitution...
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    Tres Cruces (category Barrios of Montevideo)
    1830 constitution. A giant cross and statue of Pope John Paul II is located near the obelisk, erected to commemorate his first visit to Montevideo. Across...
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    "¿Qué es un Cabildo Abierto? | Municipio CH". municipioch.montevideo.gub.uy (in Spanish). Montevideo. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2022. "CONSTITUCIÓN...
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    Independencia and Plaza Matriz – Montevideo Bolívar Square – Caracas Plaza Bolívar – Valencia List of city squares by size Plaza de Armas "Gwanghwamun...
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    Army and forced Manuel Oribe to capitulate, ending the long siege of Montevideo in October 1851, and finally defeating Rosas on 3 February 1852 at the...
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    Club Uruguay is a gentlemen's club located in Montevideo, Uruguay. The club was founded in 1878 as a merger between the Casino de Comercio, whose members...
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    status as U.S. protectorates. In December 1933, Roosevelt signed the Montevideo Convention, renouncing the right to intervene unilaterally in the affairs...
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  • sharp contrast to the letter that Garibaldi had written to the pope from Montevideo in 1847, before those events. The stand-off was ended on 11 February 1929...
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    of Rosario, and to enter into free trade agreements with the Port of Montevideo (to the detriment of Buenos Aires). Worsening relations led to the re-election...
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    units led by governor Bernardo de Velasco participated in the battles for Montevideo during the invasions. After the 1810 May Revolution in Buenos Aires and...
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    fourth term; after the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1951, no person can be elected president more than twice...
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    a third term; after the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1951, no person can be elected president more than twice...
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  • Peace Convention, agreeing to resign from their claims to the State of Montevideo and to declare it as an independent country. Once the convention was ratified...
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    Wilson's name. Several streets, including the Rambla Presidente Wilson in Montevideo, Uruguay, have been named for Wilson. The USS Woodrow Wilson, a Lafayette-class...
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