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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 Punta del Este Police Station, known as the 10th, is in charge of security on the peninsula and in the surrounding residential areas. Its installations include an older building that houses the highway patrol headquarters. Punta del Este is a...
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...
