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    Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata...
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    Colonia (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈlonja] ) is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest...
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  • siege of Colonia del Sacramento was a successful siege in 1704 by Spanish forces of the Portuguese colonial town of Colonia del Sacramento, opposite...
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    The siege of Colonia del Sacramento took place between October 1735 and September 1737, during the Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737). On 20 October 1735...
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    Sacrament (Spanish: Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento[pronunciation?]) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. The parish was...
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    The Battle of Colonia del Sacramento took place in the night of 21/22 April 1807, during the British invasions of the River Plate. A force of 1,500 militias...
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    Río Negro. In 1669–71, the Portuguese built a fort at Colonia del Sacramento (Colônia do Sacramento). Montevideo, the current capital of Uruguay, was founded...
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    The battle of Colonia del Sacramento (or Colônia do Sacramento) consisted of a series of failed attempts made by admiral William Brown of capturing the...
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    insurgents, however, its forces never managed to capture Montevideo and Colonia del Sacramento or penetrate deeply into Brazilian territory. Likewise, the Brazilians...
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  • resistance in the sparsely populated territory, founded the city Colonia del Sacramento on the banks of Rio de la Plata, across from Buenos Aires, in 1680...
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