Colonia

DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK  The project is located in the historical city of Colonia del Sacramento -declared UNESCO World Heritage- in a privileged location meters from the river, over two grounds unified in a ¨L¨ shape, with way outs to two streets of strong gradients, typical of river ravines.Important previous research works -digging out the historical, cartographic and archaeological background of the place- and careful preliminary excavations within it, led us to discover remains of the wall and its buttresses from the former fortification of the citadel created in 1680 by the portuguese (as well as remains of old pottery and tableware, military elements, sabers and cannonballs from the many ba... More