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Montevideo Cabildo

Coordinates: 34°54′23.4″S 56°12′9.7″W / 34.906500°S 56.202694°W / -34.906500; -56.202694
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Montevideo Cabildo
Cabildo de Montevideo
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General information
TypeMuseum
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial architecture
LocationConstitution Square, Montevideo ( Uruguay)
OwnerGovernment of Uruguay

The Montevideo Cabildo (Spanish language: Cabildo de Montevideo) is the public building in Montevideo that was used as the government house during the colonial times of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate. Today the building is used as a museum and houses the Historical Archive of the city. It is located on Constitution Square, in Ciudad Vieja.

Further reading

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  • Perez Montero, Carlos; Instituto Historico y Geografico del Uruguay (1950). El Cabildo de Montevideo el arquitecto, el terreno, el edificio (in Spanish). Montevideo: Instituto Historico y Geografico del Uruguay. OCLC 1025731389.
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34°54′23.4″S 56°12′9.7″W / 34.906500°S 56.202694°W / -34.906500; -56.202694