The elevator

CASA Pueblo

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February 11th 2015
CASA Pueblo.....I found this unique hotel/ art gallery in reading about the coastal area. Carlos Paez Vilaro was a well know Uruguayan Artist. He was friends with Picasso and Dali to name a few. CASA Pueblo was build and design by CPV as his home. He gradually added on and on with new designs, none of which have any right angles. It is still home to his family as well as an art gallery an ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Piriapolis

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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