Juan Manuel Blanes Museum, Montevideo
Juan Manuel Blanes was born in Montevideo in 1830. He was an accomplished portraitist and landscape artist. He achieved fame with his "social" painting, "Episode of Yellow Fever," in 1871. He was celebrated for his depictions of historical events and heroes, especially his portrait of Jose de San Martin, the hero of Argentine independence.
Blanes died at the age of 70 in Pisa, Italy, in the house of a friend. In 1930, the city of Montevideo named the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts in his memory. The museum is located in the Palladio Villa (Palladio House) in Prado Park on the banks of Miguelete Creek.
The house was designed and built in 1870 by Uruguayan architect Juan Alberto Capurro for The Italian Consul, Juan Bautista Roffo. The museum was renovated in 1929 by architect Eugenio Baroffio. He expanded the building but left the eclectic facade intact.
Juan Manuel Blanes Museum holds Uruguayan art dating from the beginnings of the nation until the present day. The permanent collection includes works of Juan Manuel Blanes, Pedro Figari, Rafael Barradas, Jose Cuneo, and Carlos Gonzales.
Behind the Museum is the Japanese Garden of Montevideo. It was donated in 2001 by Japanese Princess Sayako.
Blanes died at the age of 70 in Pisa, Italy, in the house of a friend. In 1930, the city of Montevideo named the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts in his memory. The museum is located in the Palladio Villa (Palladio House) in Prado Park on the banks of Miguelete Creek.
The house was designed and built in 1870 by Uruguayan architect Juan Alberto Capurro for The Italian Consul, Juan Bautista Roffo. The museum was renovated in 1929 by architect Eugenio Baroffio. He expanded the building but left the eclectic facade intact.
Juan Manuel Blanes Museum holds Uruguayan art dating from the beginnings of the nation until the present day. The permanent collection includes works of Juan Manuel Blanes, Pedro Figari, Rafael Barradas, Jose Cuneo, and Carlos Gonzales.
Behind the Museum is the Japanese Garden of Montevideo. It was donated in 2001 by Japanese Princess Sayako.
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Sight Name: Juan Manuel Blanes Museum
Sight Location: Montevideo, Uruguay (See walking tours in Montevideo)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
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Sight Location: Montevideo, Uruguay (See walking tours in Montevideo)
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Montevideo Old Town Walking Tour
In 1683, the Portuguese founded a city called Colonia do Sacramento across the bay from Buenos Aires. Field marshal Manuel da Fonseca built a fort there he called Montevieu. In 1724, the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires, one-armed Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, forced the Portuguese out and changed the name of the city.
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.5 Km or 1.6 Miles
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.5 Km or 1.6 Miles
Prado District Walking Tour
A quiet, upscale barrio El Prado, in the north of Montevideo, is famous primarily for the sprawling park of the same name. Indeed, the city鈥檚 main green space, Parque del Prado is a major public venue made up of grassy fields, with the Arroyo Miguelete (Miguelete Creek) running through it, for which the neighborhood has been dubbed "the lung of the city".
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles
Apart from the park,... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles