Eden Rock

The area known as the "Punta del Chileno" (The Chilean's point) is a rocky extreme parallel to the Daily Lagoon, next to Punta Ballena. Surrounded by an aproximately 400 meters long reef, it has a great historical importance, as it was the place...

On 2nd February 1982, exactly 466 years after Solis discovered and annexed these lands to the throne of Spain, this small altar was inaugurated. Inside is an image of this virgin, patroness of Punta del Este. Local lore has it that this site was...

The Maldonado Cathedral is a neoclassical building. Construction began in 1801, but was interrupted by the English invasions. Finally Bishop Mariano Soler read the inauguration ceremony on 27 October 1895, naming it San Fernando of Maldonado...