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Highlights include Citadel Gate, Mercado del Puerto, Montevideo Cabildo and the Historical Museum, Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Independencia and the Artigas Mausoleum, Plaza Matriz and the Constitution Fountain.

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  1. Citadel Gate: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The surviving gate will help explain exactly what the city saved from the fortress and what can no longer be restored.

  2. Mercado del Puerto: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The market hall will explain how port provisioning gave way to restaurants without losing its iron frame.

  3. Montevideo Cabildo and the Historical Museum: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The former council chambers show how a city dispute turned into a separate government and then became museum history.

  4. Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    An ordinary electoral procedure at a church entrance will turn into a crisis that changes power in the country.

  5. Plaza Independencia and the Artigas Mausoleum: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    Here begins a conversation about who controls state memory and the words of a national hero.

  6. Plaza Matriz and the Constitution Fountain: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    Two inscriptions link the adoption of the state's basic rules to the arrival of city water.

  7. Port Area and Montevideo Customs Building: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The final stop connects the port’s everyday work with a brief farewell, for which a passage was opened from the pier to the city.

  8. Sarandí Street: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The main street of the Old Town will link a state ceremony with the man who waited for the president in the crowd.

  9. Solís Theatre: story on the “Old Montevideo: From the Citadel of Montevideo to the Port” route

    The story of its long construction shows how a private venture survived a siege and became the city’s leading theater.