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Westward across the harbor, 132m Cerro de Montevideo was a landmark for early nav-
igators and still offers outstanding views of the city. Eastward, the Rambla hugs Mon-
tevideo's scenic waterfront, snaking past attractive Parque Rodó and through a series of
sprawling residential beach suburbs - Punta Carretas, Pocitos, Buceo and Carrasco - that
are very popular with the capital's residents in summer and on evenings and weekends.
Sights
Note that many Montevideo museums are known by their acronyms. Most exhibits are in
Spanish only.
Ciudad Vieja
Mercado del Puerto
MARKET
(Pérez Castellano)
No visitor should miss Montevideo's old port market building, at the At-
lantic end of Pérez Castellano, whose impressive wrought-iron superstructure shelters a
gaggle of bustling
parrillas
(steak restaurants). On weekend afternoons in particular, it's
a lively, colorful place where the city's artists, craftspeople and street musicians hang
out.
Plaza Matriz
PLAZA
Also known as Plaza Constitución, this leafy plaza was the heart of colonial Montevideo.
neoclassical stone structure that contains the
Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal
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(Municipal Archive & Historical Museum; 2915-9685;
www.cabildo.montevideo.gub.uy
; Juan Carlos Gómez 1362; noon-5:45pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm
Sat)
, a historical museum displaying 18th-century paintings of Montevideo and
other artifacts from the city's early days. Opposite the Cabildo is the
Iglesia Matriz
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(Plaza Matriz)
, Montevideo's oldest public building. It
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was completed in 1799.
Teatro Solís
THEATER
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