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100 unusual facts about Montevideo


1901 in association football

May 16 – Uruguay and Argentina both play their first ever international match, when they meet in Montevideo.

Adamo Boari

After visiting the country especially the city of Buenos Aires and the city of Montevideo and after recovering from yellow fever he went to the United States where he lived in Chicago.

Afro-Paraguayans

Thus, according to Argentine historian José Ignacio Telesca, the slaves that entered legally came from the esclavostas ports of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Córdoba, while that those that entered of illegally way came from Brazil.

Alberto Suppici

Suppici led the side to victory in the final over Argentina at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, masterminding a second-half comeback from 2-1 down to win 4-2 in front of 93,000 fans.

Alice Havers

Her father was manager of the Falkland Islands, and she was brought up with her family there, and later at Montevideo.

Anglo-South American Bank

The Bank of Tarapaca and London therefore decided that it would buy the smallest of the British banks, the Anglo-Argentine Bank, which had been established in 1889 and which had a branch in Buenos Aires and another in Montevideo, Uruguay.

AnimaNaturalis

As an international non-profit organization, it has offices in Madrid (Spain), Cadiz (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Bogota (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Caracas (Venezuela), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Lima (Peru), Logroño (Spain), Mexico Federal District (Mexico), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santiago de Chile (Chile).

Arotxa

Rodolfo Arotxarena (Montevideo, September 7, 1958), better known for his artistic name Arotxa, is a Uruguayan caricaturist.

Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo

Asdrúbal Esteban Fontes Bayardo, sometimes known as "Pocho" (26 December 1922 in Pan de Azúcar – 9 July 2006 in Montevideo) was a racing driver from Uruguay.

Augustin Chantrel

In 1930, he was selected to the squad that travelled across the Atlantic on board the Conte Verde to play in the first ever World Cup tournament in Montevideo.

Avelino Arredondo

On August 25, 1897 Arredondo assassinated Idiarte in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo as he emerged from a church service.

Bella Vista, Montevideo

Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, popularly known as "Capilla Maturana" (Roman Catholic, Salesians of Don Bosco)

Brazil–Uruguay relations

The Colorados were led by Fructuoso Rivera and represented the business interests of Montevideo; the Blancos were headed by Manuel Oribe, who looked after the agricultural interests of the countryside and promoted protectionism.

Neither side gained the upper hand, and in 1828 the Treaty of Montevideo, fostered by the British Empire, gave birth to Uruguay as an independent state.

The Brazilian forces, thanks to their numerical and material superiority, occupied Montevideo on January 20, 1817, and after struggling for three years in the countryside, defeated Artigas in the Battle of Tacuarembó.

Camila Canabal Sapelli

Camila Canabal Sapelli (born November 8, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Venezuelan TV hostess currently living in Miami.

Carlos Capelán

Carlos Capelán (born 1948) is a contemporary artist from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Carlos María Morales

Carlos María Morales Maeso (born 1 March 1970 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Carlos Miloc

Carlos Miloc Pelachi (born February 9, 1932 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan-Mexican football coach and former player who has managed UANL Tigres, Club América, and the Guatemala national team, among other teams.

Carlos Richard Díaz

Carlos Ríchard Díaz (born 4 February 1979 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer.

Carmen D'Avino

His films were shown and awarded honors at film festivals in New York, San Francisco, Montevideo, Uruguay; London, England; Oberhausen, Germany; Annecy, France; Mamaia, Rumania; Kraków, Poland; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Melbourne, Australia.

Carrasco Polo Club

Carrasco Polo Club is a multisport Uruguayan club, from the Carrasco neighbourhood of Montevideo, best known for their rugby team.

Celso Otero

Celso Otero Quintás (born February 1, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football goalkeeper from Uruguay, who obtained one official cap for the Uruguay national football team: on August 7, 1988 in a friendly against Colombia (1-2) in Bogotá.

Cementerio de La Teja, Montevideo

Cementerio Paso Molino, known also as Cementerio de La Teja, is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo

Cementerio del Norte is the largest cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay, and also the largest green park area of the city.

César Farías

On June 14, 2008, Farías debuted in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers with a 1–1 draw against Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario of Montevideo.

César Vega

César Javier Vega Perrone (born September 2, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay.

Charles Hotham

He was in command of the steam sloop Gorgon which ran aground in Montevideo Bay and showed skill and determination in getting her refloated.

Claudio Arbiza

Jorge Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini (born March 3, 1967 in Montevideo) is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper who won league titles in Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.

Cobblestone

Many cities in Latin America, such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zacatecas and Guanajuato, in Mexico; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and Montevideo, Uruguay, richly influenced by many European architectural features, are well known for their many cobblestone streets, which are still operational and in good condition.

Dante Sodini

He completed a funereal monument for the Giudice of the City of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Darío Rodríguez

Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Centre Back/Left back for Peñarol.

Dieter Burdenski

Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing Sepp Maier in the West Germany goal, Helmut Schön turned his attention to the Werder Bremen man in 1977, handing Burdenski his first of altogether 12 caps in a friendly in Montevideo against Uruguay.

Edith Jiménez

She evolved with her artistic production and continued with the presentations of her works to the audience participating in numerous collective samples in Asuncion, San Paulo, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Montevideo and in country sides of Paraguay.

Ever Hugo Almeida

Almeida made his professional debut in 1967 at the age of 19 playing for C.A. Cerro of Montevideo.

Fundacion Manantiales

These services have had successful outcomes in the most developed countries and are installed in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (Uruguay).

George Moorhouse

The first U.S. game, a 3-0 victory over Belgium on July 13, 1930 at Parque Central in Montevideo, made Moorhouse the first native-born Englishman to play in the World Cup.

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas

During his rule, Saavedra and Campana were exiled, Montevideo fell to the United Provinces but serious problems arose with José Gervasio Artigas and the Liga Federal on the Banda Oriental.

Gonzalo Sorondo

Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro (born October 9, 1979 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who last played for Defensor.

Graciela Paraskevaidis

After completing her studies, Parakevaidis took a position at the Universidad Nacional in Montevideo where she taught from 1985–92 and also worked as a composer.

Gregory Holman Bromley Way

In accordance with orders received there, the expedition sailed for the River Plate, arriving at Montevideo in the beginning of June 1807, where it joined the force under General John Whitelocke, of which Way was appointed assistant quartermaster-general.

Guillermo Sanguinetti

Guillermo Óscar Sanguinetti Giordano (born June 21, 1966 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a retired football player and the current manager of Colombian Primera A team Cúcuta Deportivo.

Gustav Gassner

In 1910 he returned to Germany from Montevideo, Uruguay and married Lili Fassier-Farnell, with whom he had four sons and a daughter.

Héctor Castro

A third playoff was contested on 18 November, and Héctor Castro played a vital role in this match, scoring a hat-trick which meant twice equalising as well as scoring the winning goal for Nacional, in a 3–2 win over Peñarol, which finally settled the Uruguayan Championship, almost six months after the controversial first playoff.

Héctor Núñez

Núñez was born in Montevideo and started his playing career at the age of 19 playing for Nacional.

Henry Sparks

Henry was born in Montevideo where his father Henry P(alafox) G(erona) Sparks (ca.1810 – 18 April 1870), a Liverpool merchant, his wife Sarah (ca.1816 – 5 January 1898) and family had settled.

Hugo Bagnulo

After a spell at Liverpool de Montevideo in 1976, he again took over as Uruguay manager in 1978 and led them in a handful of games.

Ituzaingó, Uruguay

:Not to be confused with Ituzaingó, the barrio of Montevideo

John A. Mackay

Mackay joined the Y.M.C.A. as an evangelist and religious teacher moving his family to Montevideo, Uruguay, where the Y.M.C.A. operated a leadership institute.

John Esplen

He then became a partner in his father's firm and helped to establish branches in London, Cardiff, Buenos Aires, New York City and Montevideo.

John Parish Robertson

He landed at Montevideo on the day after its occupation by the British forces under Sir Samuel Auchmuty.

John Whitelocke

Whitelocke undertook negotiations with the opposing general, Santiago de Liniers, and having decided that the British position was untenable, signed the surrender and ordered the British forces to abandon Montevideo and return home later that year.

Jonathan Lacerda

Jonathan Leonardo Lacerda Araujo (born 7 February 1987 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan football defender who currently plays for Santos Laguna in the Liga Bancomer MX.

José Santamaría

Born in Montevideo to Spanish parents, Santamaría played for local Club Nacional de Football in his country, winning five national championships during his spell.

Juan Ramón Curbelo

Juan Ramón Curbelo Garis (born 2 May 1979 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Cerro.

Juan Ricardo Faccio

Born in the Jacinto Vera neighborhood of Montevideo, Faccio began playing football as a defender with Club Nacional de Football in the late 1950s.

Julio Morales

Morales started his career in 1961 at the age of 16 with Racing Club de Montevideo, in 1965 he was signed by Uruguayan giantsNacional he helped the club to win 5 league titles and a Copa Libertadores before moving to Europe to play for Austria Wien.

Koreans in Uruguay

Most Koreans live in and around Montevideo, where some work as fishermen, while others are involved in the textile industry.

Lapsa

Lapsa refers to Líneas Aéreas Platenses S.A., the name of a regional airline based in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Leonel Rocco

Leonel Rocco Herrera (born 18 September 1966 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Luis Alberto Solari

Amongst Solari's many prizes and distinctions were first prizes for drawing at the Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes in Montevideo in 1955 and 1964, the first prize for painting there in 1965 and the gold medal for printmaking at the first Bienal de Artes Gráficas in Calí, Colombia, in 1977.

Luis L. Domínguez

He remained in Montevideo during the long siege that was imposed on former President Manuel Oribe, dedicate himself to the press.

Marcelo Macías

Marcelo Antonio Macías Oliveri (born September 12, 1975 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football goalkeeper.

Marcelo Palau

Marcelo José Palau Balzaretti (born 1 August 1985 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan football midfielder who is currently playing for Guaraní in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Marcelo Tulbovitz

Marcelo Tulbovitz Dembovich was born August 12, 1961 in Montevideo, Uruguay to parents of Latvian and Polish ancestry.

He began his football career immediately following his graduation from university in 1986.He won national titles while with CA Progreso, Defensor Sporting Club, Club Nacional de Football, Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) and Racing Club de Montevideo of the Primera División Uruguaya.

Margarita Xirgu

Margarita Xirgu, also Margarida Xirgu (18 June 1888, Molins de Rei, (Catalonia, Spain) – 25 April 1969, Montevideo, (Uruguay)) was a Catalan stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America.

Mario Palanti

During this period he also designed the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, and produced a large number of drawings for monumental buildings that were never built.

Martín Cauteruccio

Born in Montevideo, Cauteruccio began his professional career with local side Nacional.

Mauricio Espinosa

Mauricio Espinosa was born on 6 May 1972 and lives in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.

Mauro Guevgeozián

He began his career in CA Fénix Montevideo where he became Cerrito scorer and the club became second division Uruguayan Segunda División Clausura champion.

Messageries Maritimes

In the South Atlantic, the Brazil line went as far as Montevideo.

Miguel Bossio

Miguel Angel Bossio Bastianini (born February 10, 1960 in Montevideo) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of thirty international caps for his national team.

Montevideo 1938 chess tournament

The event was held in an elegant seaside resort Carrasco, one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Montevideo, located on the city's southeast coast.

Montevideo, God Bless You!

Nebojša Ilić as Boško "Dunster" Simonović, who becomes the national team's coach later in the film.

National Navy of Uruguay

Under the late Spanish Empire, Montevideo became the main naval base (Real Apostadero de Marina) for the South Atlantic, with authority over the Argentine coast, Fernando Po, and the Falklands.

Nuvart Bezjián

She worked with her father in the family photo studio and later moved to Montevideo where she tried different expressions of art, such as acrylic painting and lacquer applied on wooden surfaces, handcrafts in aluminum and restorations.

Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup

In the first leg in Melbourne, Australia won 1–0 after Kevin Muscat scored from a penalty kick; however, Australia's qualification campaign ended unsuccessfully as they lost 3–0 in the away leg in Montevideo just five days later with the South Americans proving too strong.

Oscar Zubía

Zubia started his career at River Plate de Montevideo, where he impressed the national team, earning a spot on the 1970 Uruguay World Cup team.

Palacio Salvo

The Gateway of The Citadel, the Artigas Mausoleum and the Palacio Salvo can be seen in the picture.

Phoney War

Admiral Graf Spee fled to Montevideo harbour to carry out repairs on damage sustained during the battle.

Pluricentric language

In Argentina and Uruguay the Spanish standard is based on the local dialects of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Rafael Barradas

Rafael Pérez Barradas (Montevideo, 4 January 1890 - 12 February 1929) was a Uruguayan painter and artist.

Raúl Ferro

Raúl Fredy Ferro Olivera (born 13 January 1983) is a Uruguayan footballer playing for Liverpool de Montevideo.

Roberto Chery

Roberto Chery (February 16, 1896, Montevideo, Uruguay - May 30, 1919, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) was a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who played during the days of amateur sport in the Uruguayan Primera División (1900–1931).

Roque Máspoli

Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide (12 October 1917 in Montevideo – 22 February 2004 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan football player and coach.

San Juan de Ávila, Alcalá de Henares

It is interesting to point out that, originally, this church was going to be built in Uruguay (Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malvín); as the economic situation made this impossible, only the apse was built.

Sebastián Morquio

Sebastián Darío Morquio Flores (born 22 January 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer playing for Deportivo Español.

Sebastián Soria

In 2001, a cyclist, who had watched Soria playing in the minor leagues and was impressed by his talents, brought him to the attention of a football agent he knew, and Soria was sent to Montevideo to play in Liverpool de Montevideo and trained under Julio Ribas.

Sergio Markarián

Sergio Apraham Markarián Abrahamian (born November 1, 1944 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football coach of Armenian descent.

Servando Bayo

Following orders of the British consul in Buenos Aires, a British ship was dispatched from Montevideo up the Paraná River to threaten the use of force against this harm to the kingdom's commercial interests.

Snow Pendleton

He was consular chaplain to the British residents at Montevideo, Uruguay from 6 May 1854 to 31 December 1858.

Switzerland–Uruguay relations

Since 1947, Switzerland has a diplomatic representation in Montevideo.

Historia, documentos y carografia, Ministerio de educacion y cultura, Montevideo, 1980.

Thomas Balvay

He travelled to Uruguay on the SS Conte Verde, which also took Jules Rimet and the French, Belgian, Romanian and Brazilian teams to the first World Cup; picking up the teams en route from Genoa to Rio de Janeiro before disembarking at Montevideo harbour.

Toño Salazar

He traveled to Montevideo, Uruguay where he remained until 1949 when he was allowed back into Buenos Aires for a time.

Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

Its main campus is located in Montevideo (in 6 locations in the city) and 2 other campuses in Maldonado and Salto.

Vicente Nieto

He returned to the Americas with the newly appointed viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, being appointed military commander of Montevideo.

Virginia Patrone

Virginia Patrone was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1950, where she lived and worked before moving to Spain in 2003.

Walter Mantegazza

Born in Montevideo, Mantegazza began playing football with local club Nacional.


Ácratas

Correctly or not, the film shows him participating in famous events, such as the assault on Messina Change in Montevideo or escaping the prison of Punta Carretas in 1931 where, 40 years later, the Tupamaro gas attack took place (today, it is a mall.) The film demonstrates how the media of the time printed or broadcast sensational stories about the group's activities, and dogged them.

Alberto Suppici

At the inaugural FIFA World Cup in his home nation of Uruguay in 1930, Suppici dropped goalkeeper Andrés Mazali, who had won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympic final, from the national team after he was caught breaking curfew and failing to arrive at the team hotel in time in Montevideo prior to the tournament.

Carrasco International Airport

6 June 2012: an Air Class Líneas Aéreas Fairchild SA227AC Metro III, registered CX-LAS, performing a freight flight on behalf of DHL from Montevideo to Buenos Aires disappeared south of Isla de Flores.

Eduardo Cuitiño

Eduardo Cuitiño Bosio (Montevideo, January 28, 1974) is a Uruguayan writer/author and mathematician known for his investigations and essays on two historic figures: Carlos Gardel and Jack the Ripper.

Flora Perini

Over the next several years she appeared in operas in Nice, Venice, Triest, Turin, Bologna, Madrid, Barcelona, Saint Petersburg, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo.

Gabriel Pombo

Gabriel Antonio Pombo (Montevideo, 11 October 1961) is a Uruguayan writer and lawyer, who is known for his books, essays and interviews relating to serial murderers, and particularly about the famous case of Jack the Ripper, the mysterious and never discovered murderer of London.

Ivar Hippe

-- The previous reference says Hippe was put on a plane to Montevideo, Uraguay? -->, after missing a flight to São Paulo, Brazil.

Japanese cruiser Asama

On 21 August 1920, it made a training voyage to Hong Kong, Singapore, Columbo, Durban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Valparaíso, Tahiti, Truk and Saipan, thus circumnavigating the globe east to west.

Juan Francisco Larrobla

Juan Francisco de Larrobla Pereyra (Montevideo, 9 January 1775 - Canelones, 5 July 1842) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric, theologian and patriot.

Lagomar

Lagomar was created as a resort in 1952 and was developed as part of the Costa de Oro near Montevideo and Canelones.

Liga Federal

On May 13, 1810, the arrival of a British frigate in Montevideo confirmed the rumors circulating in Buenos Aires: France, led by Emperor Napoleon, had invaded Spain, capturing and overthrowing Ferdinand VII Bourbon, the Spanish King.

Marcelo Andrés Silva Fernández

Born in Mercedes, Silva finished his youth formation in Danubio FC's youth category, making his professional debut on 13 September 2009, against Liverpool FC.

Mercosur Parliament

On June 2008, the MPs held their first parliamentary session outside the Mercosur headquarters in Montevideo, on the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, where the XXXV Meeting of Mercosur Heads of State was also being held.

Nataniel Aguirre

Nataniel Aguirre (Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 10, 1843 – Montevideo, Uruguay, September 11, 1888), was a prominent Bolivian lawyer, diplomat, politician, writer, and historian.

Opta Sports

Opta Sports is a sports data company with headquarters in London and other offices in Leeds, Munich, Bassano del Grappa, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Montevideo and Amsterdam.

Rail transport in Uruguay

Half of the network is closed, freight trains circulating branches in Montevideo - Rivera - Livramento, Piedra Sola - Three Trees, Sayago - Minas, Verdum-Plant ANCAP, Carnelli-La Teja, Chamberlain - Paysandú - Salto - Concordia and Algorta - Fray Bentos.

Roberto Firpo

He was one of the few tangueros to play in a cafe in Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires and he was the first person to play the tango La Cumparsita in the cafe La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Santa Lucía River

For a large part of its course it forms the limit between the departments of Florida and San José on one bank and Canelones and Montevideo on the other.

Sebastián Ribas

Sebastián César Helios Ribas Barbato (born 11 March 1988 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Barcelona Sporting Club on loan from Serie A club Genoa.