City · Uruguay

Maldonado

Maldonado is the main city of Uruguay's easternmost coastal department, a historic port and tourist center.

Founding, year 1757

Themes: port, east, trade, tourism.

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The origin

What the date says

Milestone
Founding
What happened
Joaquín Viana founds Maldonado as a defensive port of the Banda Oriental.
Year
1757
Source
Historical documentation
Note
Founded between 1755 and 1757.

Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.

Keep in mind

Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.