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Celebrated every October to commemorate the founding of the city. Come to the parks and plazas, including Parque de la Hispanidad, to see celebrations and folklore.
Casa de Rivera
The regional museum with rooms about Uruguayan archaeology (including prehistoric artifacts), local history and Gaucho art, located in a historic building.
Casa de la Cultura
Art museum in a historic building.
A church by famous architect Eladio Diesde. Nothing to make a special trip for, but the brick interior is architecturally interesting.
Sandy beach on the River Yí.
A 14-meter column unveiled in 1892 for the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. On top of it is a spherical time capsule which was filled in 1892 and opened 100 years later, in 1992. Then the city's inhabitants replaced its contents with new messages, to be read in 2092!
A monument to the tabor (tamboril), a type of drum—the only such monument in the world!