150 Years Swiss Colony - New Helvetia
This colony was founded by European emigrants, who came from Switzerland, mostly, also from Germany, Austria and France in search of a better quality of life, and they left in their affections countries and difficult possessions to forget, but the great economic crisis that existed in the old continent, coupled with problems of religious coexistence, led his arrival in this land that would adopt as their home.
These settlers who chose to come to inhabit this area located in Uruguay, southeast of Colonia, was an important development in this region pillar, since they became an innovative agricultural area used for the production of technical and scientific progress that were used in Europe for such production, modernizing (agricultural production) not only the same department colony, but also in our country.
Since that time, began to run small dairies, which are now an important source for our economy. In 1872 construction began on the first hotels like the rest home ~Hotel Suizo~ presidents as Claudio Williman and Max Santos among others, then came the ~Hotel Central~ ~Hotel the Prado~ and Nirvana ~Hotel ~
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