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Historic City Centre in Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Ciudad Vieja is a barrio in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the entrance of the natural port of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire. After the independence of Uruguay the city rapidly grew outwards and the Ciudad Vieja remained as one of its central neighbourhoods.

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