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Sweet · Paysandú
Chajá
Sponge cake tart, whipped cream, crunchy meringue and peaches in syrup, light and airy. It was created in Paysandú in 1927 and is named after a local bird.
Paysandú · Uruguay Capital
Paysandú
In the destination Paysandú and the coastal hot springs.
In the photo: Basilica next to Plaza Constitución — Paysandú, Uruguay.
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The city
What to expect from Paysandú.
Capital of the Paysandú department, on the banks of the Uruguay River, opposite the Argentine city of Colón. The center has the basilica of Nuestra Señora del Rosario y San Benito de Palermo and the 19th-century Teatro Florencio Sánchez; seven blocks from the square is the Monumento a Perpetuidad, the old cemetery with Italian sculptures. To the north are the Termas de Guaviyú and the Meseta de Artigas. It is the city of the chajá and the Semana de la Cerveza.
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Church
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict of Palermo
The main church of Paysandú, in the city center. The current temple dates from 1860, was heavily damaged during the 1864–1865 siege and rebuilt; it houses a Walcker organ from 1906 and was granted the title of basilica in 1949.
Theatre
Florencio Sánchez Theatre
A 19th-century theatre in the center of Paysandú, opened in 1876 as Teatro Progreso and renamed in 1921 in honor of the Uruguayan playwright. It has about 700 seats and is a national historic monument.
Historic cemetery
Monument to Perpetuity
The old cemetery of Paysandú, used from 1835 and turned into an open-air museum, with about 80 pantheons and sculptures in Italian marble. It is a national historic monument.
Hot springs
Guaviyú Thermal Baths
Thermal complex at km 432 of Ruta 3, about 60 km north of Paysandú, with outdoor and indoor pools of hot water from the Guaraní Aquifer, among yatay palm trees and the Guaviyú stream.
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Historic monument
Artigas Plateau
Plateau over cliffs up to 50 meters high on the edge of the Uruguay River, with the 1899 monument to José Artigas. To the north lay Purificación, the seat of the Liga Federal government between 1815 and 1818.