Represa de Aguas Blancas

Aguas Blancas The area

The dam is located in the Aguas Blancas National Park where there is a camping administered by the Municipality of Lavalleja. In the vicinity of the dam there is a Salesian convent of nuns who occupies the site of the first mill to hydropower in the country, founded by immigrant Enrique sides in 1860. At the top of a hill deputy Chapel "Virgen Blanca is located . There is also a holiday farm club Naval Montevideo. The premises of a former public school, where he now runs a warehouse and, near it, the founded in 1905 by Mauricio Zabaleta store, which still preserves traces of old grocery store and had, among others, service ranks preserved until today fuel supply. Opposite him is the old blacksmith shop and Hermenegildo Orge.

Also near the dam is the Senge Dzong Monastery Chagdud Center Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. The Monastery was begun in 2000 with donations from Buddhists from around the world who contributed to buy 600 hectares. On the highest mountain, 400 meters, the building was started.

The temple consists of six levels. In the first services (laundry, ironing) are located, and in the second the kitchen, where meals are prepared four. At the third level the main hall and two smaller kitchens where Sok and Tormas, food used as offerings are developed in practice is located. The bedrooms of the residents are located one floor above, two bathrooms with sinks, showers and toilets. There are also rooms for Goland, practitioners who choose to make a withdrawal of three years, three months and three weeks without seeing or being seen by anyone.

The fifth floor apartment has two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living room, and is intended to house the resident Lama who will live with his family and a translator (no Lamas who speak Spanish). Stairs and a (single country situated 400 meters) lift connect the floors. Predominantly orange, green, blue and yellow. Building stones were blessed, one by one, by blowing.