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City in Colonia, Uruguay
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Nueva Helvecia, also known as Colonia Suiza, is a city in Uruguay.
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Designed by architect Luis Mazzini, with its monument and the flower clock.
Built in 1943, in the Parque del Colegio de Hermanas.
dairy college
steam mill
Built in 1876
Catholic chapel
Winegrowers cooperative
With a campsite and public swimming pool.
Two old churches next to each other. The First Evangelical Chapel (Primera Capilla Evangélica) was built in 1863 by the collaboration of the town's evangelical and Catholic religious communities. The much larger Evangelical Temple (Templo Evangélico) was built two decades later and had its inaugural sermon in 1887.
An elegant restaurant in a large room evocative of Switzerland—a connection strengthened by all the Swiss pastoral decorations: crests, cowbells, photos, tools, etc. Typical Uruguayan cuisine as well as more distinctive Nueva Helvecia specialties.
Granja Hotel Suizo
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