Urban Fabric
The city was developed on a peninsula, protruding into the Río de la Plata. The Portuguese Old City - 16 ha large Barrio Histórico - was enclosed by a fortification wall across the peninsula in the site of present day Calle Ituzaingó. The fortification wall was removed after 1777 and the remaining parts in 1859. The Portuguese part of the city has a street network characterised by an irregular planning.
Outside the fortification walls, the historical part of the city was planned in Spanish colonial style with the characteristic checkerboard planning.
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