| Page Views: 5,507 Last Visit to San Gregorio de Polanco: October, 1998 | Open Museum ~ Museo Abierto by andal13 - last update: Jan 4, 2005 |
En el corazón del Uruguay San Gregorio de Polanco is a small town of Departamento de Tacuarembó. It was founded in 1853, and nowadays has a population of 3.000 inhabitants. San Gregorio is situated on the artificial lake of Rincón del Bonete, at river Negro. It is a quiet, familiar place, and its main attraction is the "open museum": a group of painters did their works over the walls of houses and public buildings.
To visit San Gregorio from Montevideo, you have to take Route 5; at km 306, take Route 43 until you find the town.
San Gregorio de Polanco es un pequeño pueblo del Departamento de Tacuarembó. Fue fundado en 1853, y actualmente tiene una población de 3.000 habitantes. San Gregorio está situado a orillas del lago artificial de Rincón del Bonete, en el río Negro. Es un sitio tranquilo, familiar, y su principal atracción es el "museo abierto": varios artistas plásticos pintaron sus obras sobre las paredes de las casas y los edificios públicos.
Para visitar San Gregorio, desde Montevideo se toma la Ruta 5; en el km 306, se toma la Ruta 43 hasta que se llega al pueblo. |
The map ~ El mapa Look at this map: San Gregorio de Polanco is situated inside the red circle... just in the middle of the country!Miren el mapa: San Gregorio de Polanco está ubicado dentro del círculo rojo... ¡justo en el medio del país! |
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| In A Nutshell: | "An open museum at a lakeside ~ Un museo abierto a orillas del lago" |
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willy_wonka Mon Jan 10, 2005 07:31 UTC
a town my aunty would really love, with all those paintings and vibrant colors! niece would love to visit aunty's country one day! ;-) | etfromnc Fri Mar 12, 2004 18:37 UTC
Was Andrea Warhol one of the painters of San Gregorio de Polanco or just inspired by them? | Johnny_CA Sun Feb 1, 2004 00:02 UTC
Is that the true Latin name for that fish? The Japanese root for that fish is "sushi." | pepples46 Fri Jan 30, 2004 22:51 UTC
I remember thia area, but can't realy put it all together, the Lake/ Water Reseroire, so familiar thanx for jogging my memories. lovely page |
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