Casa Grande

Photo exhibition along a walkway in the industrial plant, with interesting black-and-white photos of the plant in its heyday.

The UNESCO World Heritage listing "Fray Bentos Cultural Industrial Landscape" comprises the premises of the former Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, founded in 1863. From 1899 onwards the Anglo Meat Packing Plant functioned here. In its heyday it was one of the largest industrial plants in all of South America and attracted many of the region's European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Closed in 1979, the area now includes this extensive museum of the plant's history. The displays are mostly in Spanish, but a few are in English.

The area east of the industrial complex is where the workers lived. Together with the industrial complex, it formed a particularly large company town.

The company's old port (or what's left of it). The two original docks used by the Anglo company were joined into one. Later damaged by a fire and a flood, it was never fully repaired and is now a crumbling fragment of the former structure. It has two old rusted cranes and is pretty close to the museum.

A nature area overlooking the river that is also of historic value. Celebrations of the end of the sugar harvest were once held here. Tent camps were set up, and people of all classes of society would participate in the festivities, including from neighboring cities. The space is now available for public use.

An amphitheater by the water, surrounded by a park. Sometimes there'll be some kind of community event going on, or a performance. Even when there isn't, it's a nice place to relax and drink mate.