Surrounded by water on three sides, with cobblestone streets that reject the traditional Spanish grid layout: the Uruguayan city founded by the Portuguese in 1680 where Portuguese and Spanish styles ended up blending

Original: Cercada por água em três lados, com ruas de pedra que recusam o tradicional desenho em tabuleiro espanhol: a cidade uruguaia fundada pelos portugueses em 1680 onde estilos portugueses e espanhóis acabaram se misturando

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Founded in 1680, Colônia do Sacramento combines a Portuguese urban layout and Spanish houses on the banks of the Rio de la Plata in a unique setting. The post Surrounded by water on three sides, with stone streets that refuse the traditional Spanish grid layout: the Uruguayan city founded by the Portuguese in 1680 where Portuguese and Spanish styles ended up mixing appeared first on Catraca Livre.

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