Maldonado

This block of marble was rescued from oblivion in 1895 when it was dug up and brought to Maldonado from the Sierra de Carapé, by order of the Political Chief of the Department, Colonel Melchor Maurente. Originally there were three of these marble...

The Municipal Campus of Maldonado it's a sport complex that shares the block with the Departmental High School of Maldonado and the Firemen Department. Its facilities include an Olympic-size swimming pool -the first one built in South America),...

The Mancebo Municipal Park is one of the oldest in Maldonado. The park is well forested with species of pines and eucalyptus, a sort of inheritance from the fabulous forestation carried out in 1909 by Colonel Francisco Mancebo who created the Pinares...