MONTEVIDEO / urmon055 Photos by Preben S. Kristensen 07/04/2003 Tel: +39055 8498146 - www.thetravelstory.com infinitypress@tin.it

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The fortress of El Cerro (which means "the hill") dominates the landscape, with views over Montevideo in one direction and the plains in the other. Montevideo was named after this hill. It houses the Military Museum and is surmounted by the oldest lightho