Historical Landmarks
Historical Landmarks
Basilica Del Sanctisimo
Basilica Del Sanctísimo Sacramento is the oldest church in all of Uruguay . The church was built in 1680 , the building structure is similar to that of a Portugal design . The first church was built out of straw and mud and dealt with a lot of attacks due to the dispute between Portugal and Spain .
La Capilla
LiFaro de Punta del Este
This beacon started functioning on Novemember 17 , 1860 and was created by Tomas Libarena . The materials used to create this structure was from past volcanoes , brought from Rome . It was 43 meters high and the illumination system was brought from France .
Marco de los Reyes
In the southeast corner of this fort lies Chapel that was dedicated on February 2 , 1801 by the priest Damaso de Fonseca . During the attack of the English , the chapel did not have to much damage . It is now currently preserved as a museum .
It is in the middle of the Torre del Vigia Plaza . It came from Sierra de Carapac . It was made out of white and pink marble from Lisboan , and in 1753 was used as a separation line between Spain and Portugal ’ s territories .