| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
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Fray Bentos is a pleasant town on the Rio Uruguay.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Between 1864 and 1979 Fray Bentos was famous for the production of corned beef.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Teatro Young dates from 1912.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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The bandstand in Constitution Square was donated by the British in 1902.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Monument commemorating the first game of football played in Uruguay in 1905. The game was introduced by British workers.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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England Avenue is one of many references to the UK in the city.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Man drinking mate tea.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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The 1907 Anglo Club.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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There are many many classic cars in the streets of Fray Bentos.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Detail of a classic 1930s style car.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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The quiet railway station.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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The Rio Uruguay is part of Rio Plata river complex.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Fray Bentos is a major port.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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The Rio Uruguay occasionally floods its banks.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Homestead.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
|
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Suburban house.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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Barrio Anglo is the old British housing area for the meat plant workers.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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Some of the houses in the barrio are still being used.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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The industrial buildings of the meat packing plant have been preserved.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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Some parts of the plant complex are still used by small business.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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One of the active businesses within the meat packing complex.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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Mobile green grocer and butcher.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
|
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Fruit and meat delivery.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The El Anglo Museum is on the site of the old British meat packing factory.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The entrance to the old British meat packing complex, now the El Anglo Museum.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The buildings of the meat packing complex date from 1870. Over 2000 people worked here until the plant's closure in 1979.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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Cattle were lead along these passages.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The killing room where an animal could be processed in five minutes.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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42m high brick chimney (1906).
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The offices have been preserved.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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Lables showing the history of the city's meat products.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Fray Bentos
District : Barrio Anglo
Site / Event : El Anglo Museum
|
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The Fray Bentos brand was popular in Britain for much of the 20th century.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in 1726 as a fortress against Portuguese incursions from Brazil.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
District : Plaza Independencia
|
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The centre of Montevideo is domintaed by the 26 storey Salvo Palace.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
District : Plaza Independencia
|
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The Solis Theatre (1856).
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Montevideo has a faded elegance.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Elegant art deco style bank building.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
District : Plaza Matriz
|
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The Cathedral (1799).
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Casa Rivera was home to Uruguay's first president, Fructuoso Rivera.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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1950s style car.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
District : Plaza Zabala
|
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Bronze at the centre of Plaza Zabala.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Carved cow horn at the Gaucho Museum.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Chemist and green grocer.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Television interview.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Grill bar in the covered port market.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Montevideo
|
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Grilled meats and sausages.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Colonia del Sacramento was founded in 1680 by the Portuguese as a base for smuggling. It was ceded to Spain in 1750.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Colonia is set by the Rio Plata which forms the border between Uruguay and Argentina.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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The old city is surrounded by a wall lined with cannons.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Puerta de Campo is a gateway dating from 1745.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Typical Colonia street.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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The city has many 1930s style cars.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Tree lined streets with colonial buildings.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Colonia is a picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Traditional post box.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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The cobbled streets of the old city by the river.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Colonial house.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Tree lined cobbled streets of the old city.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Colonia is a picturesque city.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Fine stonework in the old city.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Portuguese style tiled street signs.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Crochet curtains.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Stone cottage.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Many houses feature external lanterns.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Elegant hotel in the old city.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Stone house with red roof tiles.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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White building.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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A 19th century lighthouse set amongst the 17th century Convent of San Fransisco.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Stone wall and wooden door.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Cannons in the old city.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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A family run posada (guest house).
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Pretty courtyard.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Road overlooking the Rio Plata.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Lighthouse in the middle of the Rio Plata.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Making a delivery in Colonia.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Classic cars in the quiet streets of Colonia.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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A 1930s style car, one of many in the city.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Tree-lined street in Colonia.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Matriz Church (1680) in Colonia, the oldest in Uruguay.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Classic pickup van.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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The old port is now a yacht marina.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Boat on the Rio Plata.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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The marina.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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View of the city walls from the marina.
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1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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View of the Rio Plata, which forms the border between Uruguay and Argentina.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Hilly clobbled street with a colonial house.
|
1998 |
| Uruguay |
City / Town : Colonia del Sacramento
|
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Tile map of Colonia dating from 1762.
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1998 |
were added from 1 February 2025.