Uruguayan music includes candombe, tango, and murga; all of which developed in the Río de la Plata basin, which includes Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with each country developing its own interpretations and unique elements.

This article on Uruguayan food introduces you to many of Uruguay’s most popular dishes and styles of eating. It includes chivito sandwiches, Gnocchis, faina, empanadas, Mejillones Provenzal (steamed muscles), canelones, parillasas (Urguayan barbecue - WITH VIDEO), Milanesa, fish, and Uruguayan breakfast foods.

General José Gervasio Artigas was a respected soldier and statesman who became Uruguay’s national hero. He was born in Montevideo in 1764. The eastern bank of the Rio de la Plata that is now Uruguay was then known as the Banda Oriental. The people who lived in this La Plata province were known as Orientals.