The Prado Park in Montevideo, Uruguay!steemCreated with Sketch.

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The Park of the Prado has an area of ​​106 hectares, around the stream Miguelete, that serves as a beautiful sightseeing for people who walk or exercise there. It was, initially, the country house of Buen Retiro, by José de Buschental, which was populated by forest species, flowers and fruit trees brought from various parts of the world, mostly unknown species in the country. The estate, added to other houses fifth, was transformed into public park and recreation site in 1873.

The Prado houses, under its leafy trees, or next to the lake, and emblematic statues and monuments, which honor from the peon of stay to the charrúas, passing by the oriental poet Bartolomé Hidalgo, the monument to Maria Stagnero de Munar or the poet Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, among many others.

In the Park and in its surroundings is the Hotel del Prado, which never functioned as such, but as a ballroom; the Botanical Garden; there are also games for children; The Blanes Museum; the presidential residence of Suarez and Reyes; the pavilions and other facilities for exhibitions of the Rural Association.

But the main protagonist of the Park is the combination of the colors of the roads and groves, that calm the rhythm and produce harmony, making the ride, unique, and instantly, eternal.

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