Sauce
Sauce
Surrounded by vineyards, this small city in the departamento (administrative division equivalent to a province in federal countries) de Canelones is about 35 km from Montevideo, the nation’s capital. It has historical importance due to the Uruguayan national hero José Artigas have been born there. Ciudad natal de Artigas, en Sauce se respira la historia y el aroma de los viñedos locales.
About 13 thousand people live in the area, their usual activities being trade, small industry, production of wine and farm products. In this area several historical facts took place, like battles in the war of independence and in the civil wars of the 19th century.