Top rated Historical landmarks in Montevideo, Uruguay to elevate your visit (Updated February, 2024)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Montevideo

Experience the best that Montevideo has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 17 places from Historical landmark category.

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Cuartel de Blandengues

Historical landmark

👍👍 Excellent place, for its history, its years, everything impeccable 💯💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

4.90 (41 reviews) (~5.91 km from centre)

Sociedad Bíblica

Christian book store

👍👍 Very good price and good quality. beautiful bibles

4.80 (166 reviews) (~0.8 km from centre)

Palacio Legislativo

State government office

Guided tours of marbled chambers in a neoclassical building housing the Uruguayan parliament.

4.70 (2.4K reviews) (~1.67 km from centre)

Gran Logia de la Masonería del Uruguay

Historical landmark

👍👍 Un lugar de muchísima Comprensión, apoyo, tolerancia. Donde la persona que ingresa encuentra Paz y es librepensador. Donde los valores de Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad priman la vida de quien ingresa.

4.70 (461 reviews) (~2.4 km from centre)

Cerro de Montevideo

Historical landmark

👍👍 The highest point in Montevideo, so it offers the most beautiful view of the city and its bay. In addition to enjoying the landscape, I recommend visiting the military museum located in the fortress. Take into account the lack of security in the area.

4.70 (73 reviews) (~6.54 km from centre)

Gateway of the Citadel

Historical landmark

👍👍 Nice place to visit and also take pictures

4.60 (2.6K reviews) (~0.87 km from centre)

Artigas Mausoleum

Monument

Monumental equestrian statue & underground burial chamber for Uruguayan revolutionary José Artigas.

4.60 (594 reviews) (~0.78 km from centre)

Palacio Santos

Historical landmark

👍👍 Es uno de los sitios más impresionantes que visité el Día del Patrimonio. Tiene varios salones en donde destacan los techos y las paredes, todo muy colorido, hermoso, las funcionarias nos explicaron con mucho detalle cómo era en aquel entonces la casa donde residía el ex Presidente Santos con su f...

4.60 (68 reviews) (~0.12 km from centre)

Constitution Plaza

Park

City plaza with a fountain, historic buildings, park benches, green spaces, vendors & artwork.

4.50 (11.6K reviews) (~1.11 km from centre)

Palacio Salvo

Historical landmark

1 of the country's tallest, this landmark building houses the Tango Museum, offices & residences.

4.50 (3K reviews) (~0.66 km from centre)

Escollera

Fishing pier

👍 La escollera Sarandí es un excelente lugar para pasar la tarde o el día asoleándose escuchando música, con una tremenda vista de la Bahía y la fortaleza del Cerro... Allí la gente va a pescar de mañana tarde y noche. De los lugares más lindos de Montevideo.

4.50 (1K reviews) (~2.13 km from centre)

Memorial de los Detenidos Desaparecidos

Historical landmark

👍👍 Necesario lugar de y para la memoria. Obra de arte memorial en la ladera del Cerro de Montevideo

4.50 (600 reviews) (~6.06 km from centre)

San Juan gate

Historical landmark

👍 Una verdadera lástima que otras intervenciones urbanas estén sobre las piedras originales. Era el portón secundario de entrada al Montevideo amurallado desde que cerraba el portón principal o Puerta de la Ciudadela. Una reliquia que debería declararlo monumento histórico Nacional (si ya no lo está)...

4.50 (233 reviews) (~1.18 km from centre)

Obelisk to the Constituents of 1830

Monument

Granite obelisk built in 1930 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the constitution of Uruguay.

4.40 (1.6K reviews) (~2.63 km from centre)

Uruguay Jewish Holocaust Memorial

Space of remembrance

👍👍 Beautiful memorial with well-picked quotes

4.40 (545 reviews) (~2.88 km from centre)

Memorial De Los Estudiantes

Historical landmark

👍 Monument in tribute to the different students who fell fighting for their ideals during the dictatorship. You may or may not agree with his way of expressing himself, but his tribute is laudable. If the architectural work is horrible, it is nothing like anything and is less unexpected.

4.10 (255 reviews) (~4.02 km from centre)

Plaza de la Restauración de la Union

Historical landmark

👍👍 Very cute . I loved the fountain and how well cared for it. The environment with the church is a brooch of peace in the soul

4.00 (66 reviews) (~5.84 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical landmarks in Montevideo, Uruguay