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Colonia del Sacrmento...COME!

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October 9th 2008
Ah, Colonia. Where have you been all our lives? If you look anything up about it on the web or elsewhere, believe the hype. Serene beauty that has been somewhat protected to keep it set back in time. Portuguese laid cobble-stoned roads, they got there around 1680, with ruins and buildings in tact also. Those in tact have been restored though, and display some old relics of history. Most of the hou ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more