Beyond Buenos Aires
The Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento
World Heritage, 1995
The Portuguese-founded old town on its peninsula, on the World Heritage list since 1995.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Credit
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Our take
- Flat shoes for the cobbles
- Address
- Colonia del Sacramento, Buenos Aires
- Website
- whc.unesco.org
About The Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento
The Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento was inscribed by UNESCO in 1995: a town founded by the Portuguese in 1680 on a peninsula facing Buenos Aires, with its well-preserved streets and houses.
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