Sábado, 12 de Julio de 2025
Punta del Este 12
80
Sábado, 12 de Julio de 2025
80
Zonas
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 Uruguayan Post has been modernized recently with the introduction of the international T&T system, which allows for the full follow-up of mail from its dispatch to the receiving end. In Uruguay you can only buy stamps from the post offices, so...
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...
Punta de la Salina is the southernmost point of Uruguay. Its name - meaning point of the salt mine - dates back to the old times when salt mining was the main commercial activity in the peninsula, and the reason for the first settlement. The...
