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COLONIA DO
SACRAMENTO
Portugal/Spain
HISTORY
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Founded in 1680 by Portugal as Colónia do
Sacramento, the colony was later disputed by
the Spanish who settled on the opposite bank
of the river at Buenos Aires. The colony was
conquered by José de Garro in 1680, but
returned to Portugal the next year. It was
conquered again by the Spanish in March
1705 after a siege of five months, but given
back in the Treaty of Utrecht. Another attack
during the Spanish-Portuguese War, 17351737, failed.
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Kept changing sovereignty
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It kept changing hands from crown to crown
due to treaties such as the Treaty of Madrid in
1750 and the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1777,
until it remained with the Spanish. It then
transferred to Portuguese control again,
being later incorporated in Brazil after 1816,
when the entire Banda Oriental (Uruguay)
was seized by the government of the United
Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
and renamed the Cisplatina province.
URUGUAY-NATION
 Now
part of the independent country of
Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento has
expanded to the north and east, but the
original Barrio Histórico (historic quarter)
retains its irregular, terrain-fitting street
plan built by the Portuguese, contrasting
with the wider, orthogonal calles in the
newer Spanish area.
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Colonia
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Chronology
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Timeline of rule
The rule from 1680 to present (with flag of the period) is:
From To
Rule
Reason for Handover
1680 1680
Portugal conquered by José de Garro
1680 1681
Spain
Provisional Treaty of Lisbon
1681 1705
Portugal conquered in the War of Spanish Succession
1705 1713
Spain
Treaty of Utrecht
1714 1762
Portugal First Cevallos expedition
1762 1763
Spain
Treaty of Paris (1763)
1763 1777
Portugal Second Cevallos expedition
1777 1811
Spain
Revolt led by José Gervasio Artigas
1811 1817
Liga Federal
Luso-Brazilian invasion
1817 1822
Portugal Brazilian Declaration of Independence
1822 1828
Brazil
Argentina-Brazil War
1828 present
Uruguay
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Basilica de Colonia
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Colonia- Location in Uruguay
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Argentina
 Map
of Argentina in contrast to Uruguay
and Colonia
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ARGENTINA-Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
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to be confused with the Capital City
of Buenos Aires is one of the provinces
which makes up the Argentine Republic
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capital city is La Plata, not to be
confused with Mar del Plata which is a
city on the Atlantic Ocean’s coast
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Buenos Aires-CABA
 The
city of Buenos Aires is known as CABA
is the political capital of Argentina= A
vibrant, cosmopolitan city with a
population of about 13,000,000 people.
 Buenos Aires is home to a very diverse
culture and it has been known as the
most European of all Latin American
cities, it boasted the nick-name of the
Paris of Latin America.
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Buenos Aires-CABA
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La Boca
Avenida Libertador
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