The capital’s mayor’s office will begin the festivities with free entry on Cerro beach, in front of the Vaz Ferreira Park.
The Municipality of Montevideo (IM) is finalizing details for what will be the celebration of the 300 years of the capital of the Uruguaystarting the festivities with free entry on Cerro beach, in front of the Vaz Ferreira Park.
Starting on January 19, at 8:00 p.m., the capital government will begin the celebrations in that place with a show by the Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra and the BMontevideo Symphonywho will perform together for the first time.
From the IM they explain that the opportunity will be taken to make visible the historical threads that sustain the capital city, and “to think about which ones it needs.” “More than a geographical space, a city is a social, economic and cultural network that organizes people’s lives,” says the website dedicated to the anniversary.
What activities will there be on the Montevideo anniversary?
Subsequent activities will include launch parties and parties in neighborhoods and squares; photography contests and through social networks; an Afro festival and a sound festival, as well as the deployment of theaters throughout the city; the launch of historical collections and books; spaces for memory and heritage of the neighborhoods; and awards for outstanding neighbors and academic research.
The celebrations will carry the motto “300 years in body and soul” and are promoted by the IM and the University of the Republic (UdelaR), especially by its Faculty of Architecture (FADU).
He Portuguese field master Manuel de Freytas Fonseca founded the Montevideo fortnear the bay on November 22, 1723. The following year, on January 22, 1724, under the orders of the former governor of the Río de la Plata, Bruno Mauricio de Zabalathe Spanish of Buenos Aires They displaced the Portuguese settled there. Traditionally, it is understood that this founding process culminated on December 24, 1726.
Source: Ambito
