Minas travel guide

Minas is the capital of the department of Lavalleja in Uruguay. Its population, as of 2004, is 37,925. Currently holds the world's largest horse statue; Cerro Artigas in commemoration of the 19th Century leader General Jose Artigas.
Its foundation was in 1783, when a number of families from Asturias and Galicia was settled in the area. It was then called Villa de la Concepción de las Minas. Villa Conception of the Minas was founded on 1783, 30 years after the governor of Montevideo, Jose Joaquin de Viana, officially raised the creation of a population "in the zone of the mines". The first 152 colonies were Asturian and Galician. They arrived at the zone after a frustrated attempt to populate the Patagonia. The design of its urban plant was in charge of Rafael Perez Del Puerto. Nailed between mountain ranges, in the river basins of streams San Francisco and Campanero, the present capital of the department of Lavalleja is 121 kilometers northeast of Montevideo. (...) more....

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