Domingo, 19 de Julio de 2026
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The peninsula of Punta del Este is a piece of land that divides the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean.
Gorlero Avenue divides the peninsula in half. It ends on 15th Street, and the land turns towards the east at this point.
Beyond 15th Street high rise construction is not allowed. This means that there is a core of the peninsula with 20 storey buildings, followed by an area of very low houses, some of them very old, dating from the first years of Punta del Este.
The Paseo de las Americas consists of a group of large sculptures, resulting from an international competition carried out in 1986. There are eight sculptures distributed on the green areas enclosed by the accesses to the peninsula. The most...
It was inaugurated on 8 January 1938 as Hotel Casino Nogaró, owned by Modesto and Emiliano Sagasti, and designed by architect Humberto Bonomi. What used to be the hotel is now a block of flats, and has been renamed Punta del Este Building. The...
School N° 5, called Alejandro and Samuel Lafone was founded in 1907. The Lafone brothers had purchased the peninsula from the government in 1843, and agreed to found a town on one hundred blocks or so. The agreement included a few clauses in benefit...
