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Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cerro Catedral (Uruguay), Laguna Garzón Bridge and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Uruguay and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets. One is on UNESCO's World Heritage list.
World Heritage
Roman Catholic parish church and World Heritage Site in Estación Atlántida, Uruguay
Also known simply as Iglesia de Estación Atlántida: a parish church of the Roman Catholic faith in Estación Atlántida, Uruguay, listed as a World Heritage Site.
Photo: Nicolas Barriola, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill in Uruguay
Also called Cerro Cordillera, Uruguay's highest point, 513.66 m (1,685.2 ft), in the north of Maldonado Department, Aiguá municipality, in the Sierra Carapé hills, part of the larger Cuchilla Grande range.
Photo: Scheridon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bridge in Uruguay
A bridge in Uruguay over the Laguna Garzón, on the Rocha–Maldonado border, famous for its unusual ring shape and designed by the Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius from Montevideo, Uruguay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Hill range in Uruguay
A range of hills crossing eastern Uruguay from north to south, from southern Cerro Largo Department through Lavalleja and Treinta y Tres departments to Maldonado Department, where its highest peaks rise.
Photo: Scheridon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill range in Uruguay
A low hill range in Uruguay's north-northwest, west of Tacuarembó, running southwest towards Paysandú and never higher than 500 m.
Photo: Miriam Edith Leal, CC BY-SA 3.0
A monumental building in Montevideo's Aguada neighbourhood where Uruguay's General Assembly meets, the seat of the legislative branch of government.
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0
18th-century Roman Catholic cathedral in Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo's main Roman Catholic church and the seat of its archdiocese, in Ciudad Vieja, facing the Cabildo across Constitution Square.
Photo: Nicolas Barriola, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hill in Uruguay
Rising 224 metres (734.9 ft), a Uruguayan hill standing 25 km (15.5 mi) from Tacuarembó.
Photo: Scheridon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Offices and apartments in Montevideo, Uruguay
An eclectic skyscraper where 18 de Julio Avenue meets Plaza Independencia, in Montevideo's Centro neighbourhood, Uruguay. Finished in 1928 on the initiative of three business brothers, Lorenzo, José and Ángel Salvo, it has 27 floors and stands 105 m (344 ft) tall.
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0
Public square in Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo's main public square, in Uruguay, laid out in the 19th century where the Citadel of Montevideo once stood, marking the line between the old walled city and the modern expansion.
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain
Officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, a country of south-eastern South America, in the Southern Cone. Argentina lies to its west and southwest, Brazil to its north and northeast, the Río de la Plata to its south and the Atlantic to its southeast.
Officially The Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
This guide lists 10: Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Cerro Catedral (Uruguay), Laguna Garzón Bridge and Cuchilla Grande and others. Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Uruguay that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
1 of the 10 in this guide: Iglesia de Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes. That is not the full count for Uruguay, only the listed sites that made this guide.
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