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Montevideo

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Described as In Montevideo the tango took root in the now-vanished Calle Yerbal, in the barrio sur of the Ciudad Vieja and in the barrio Goes

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  1. Montevideo7 days agoDescribed as In Montevideo the tango took root in the now-vanished Calle Yerbal, in the barrio sur of the Ciudad Vieja and in the barrio Goes
  2. Electronic and festival era7 days agoDescribed as Montevideo: on 30 September 2009, at the request of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, UNESCO declared the tango Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
  3. Revival7 days agoDescribed as Uruguay: in 1998 La Cumparsita was officially declared 'Himno popular y cultural del Uruguay' by a law passed by the Uruguayan parliament
  4. Confitería La Giralda7 days agoDescribed as Where Roberto Firpo's orchestra first played La Cumparsita in public, on 19 April 1917; the café later gave way to the Palacio Salvo
  5. Guardia Nueva7 days agoDescribed as Montevideo: the Palacio Salvo, inaugurated on 12 October 1928, stands where the Confitería La Giralda stood; today the Museo del Tango of Montevideo is on the h
  6. Guardia Vieja7 days agoDescribed as Montevideo: Roberto Firpo and his orchestra played La Cumparsita, by the 19-year-old Montevidean Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, in public for the first time on 19 Apr
  7. Roots7 days agoDescribed as Montevideo: the Cabildo's resolution of 26 September 1807, agreed with Governor Francisco Javier de Elío, is recorded in the index of the Actas Capitulares unde
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