The Museum of the Meteorological and Astronomical Observatory is the first observatory of Uruguay, located in the Villa Colón neighborhood. It began operating in 1882 and was re-inaugurated in 2006. It is named "Professor Luis Morandi". The initiative for the recycling was taken by a group of alumni of the school Pío with the direction of the meteorologist Jose Serra. characteristics
The museum is located in Colegio Pío and has access to the viewpoint and telescope, and an exhibition of meteorological and astronomical devices from the 19th century.
The observatory tower has two floors and a roof terrace. Professor Luis Lasagna brought the instruments from Italy. After its inauguration, the directors of the observatory carried out important investigations and meteorological observations. On the first floor of the museum you can see thousands of observations made by Morandi. On the second floor of the tower are all artifacts brought from Europe.
Luis Morandi promotes the creation of a network of meteorological stations in Uruguayan territory, as well as the founding of a technical agency at the official level.
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