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Rooftops of Montevideo
Pictures by Adolphe d'Hastrel
Adolphe d'Hastrel's watercolor of Montevideo around 1840 shows ochre walls, white balustrades and little rooftop towers crowded together under an open sky. Those flat roofs and lookout towers, the miradores, were where people watched for ships coming into the harbor. For a traveler, or anyone who loves Montevideo.
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Montevideo · Watercolor / Rooftops of Montevideo / Adolphe d'Hastrel, c. 1840 / Warm ochre walls, white balustrades and little rooftop towers crowd together under a clear blue sky. Montevideo's flat roofs and lookout towers, called miradores, were used to watch for ships arriving in the harbor.
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