Architecture sights in Colonia Del Sacramento
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Real de San Carlos
At the turn of the 20th century, Argentine entrepreneur Nicolás Mihanovich spent US$1.5 million building an immense tourist complex 5km north of Colonia at Real de San Carlos. The attractions included a 10,000-seat bullring (made superfluous after Uruguay outlawed bullfights in 1912), a 3000-seat fronton (court) for the Basque sport of jai alai, a hotel-casino and a racecourse.
Only the racecourse functions today, but the ruins of the remaining buildings make an interesting excursion, and the adjacent beach is popular with locals on Sundays.
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Calle de los Suspiros
Famous streets of Colonia's Barrio Histórico include the narrow, roughly cobbled Calle de los Suspiros, lined with tile-and-stucco colonial houses, and the riverfront Paseo de San Gabriel.
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Casa Nacarello
Casa Nacarello is one of the prettiest colonial homes in town, with period furniture, thick, whitewashed walls, wavy glass, original lintels and a nice courtyard.
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Colonial Houses
Off Plaza Mayor 25 de Mayo, tile-and-stucco colonial houses line the narrow, cobbled Calle de los Suspiros.
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