Villa Yeruá de la Rambla y Rimac (a building dating back to the 1920s) was the home where the singer used to spend his holidays and spend his birthdays with friends like Francisco Maschio, owner of the property and coach of the horses of Gardel and Irineo Leguisamo, famous South American turf jockey of the 20th century.
The re-inauguration of the new cultural heritage took place on June 24, when the singer purposely coincided with the singer’s 82nd birthday, who died in 1935 in a plane crash in Medellín, Colombia.
Located in Malvín, a traditional neighborhood of the Uruguayan capital, the estate houses two museums, one of the singer and the other of turf (sport that promotes horse racing), as well as the new headquarters of the APC (Uruguayan Association of Race Horse Owners) For restoration of more than US $ 160 thousand.
At the entrance, visitors are confronted with the third Gardel statue in the city. In the image, constructed by the Uruguayan plastic artist, Alberto Morales Saravia, Gardel is standing next to its small friend Irineo Leguisamo. Placed in the garden, the statue reproduces a historical scene between the two friends, registered in one of the photos exposed in the Museum. For this, the project organizers reproduced the front of the house exactly as it was the original.
The structure of the small village has objects, documents and photos of the singer, which take QR Code below with narratives about the scene, inserting the visitor in the historical context. On the second floor of the house are the trophies, the jacket of the last race of Leguisamo and the cover of the horse Invasor – the world’s best racehorse, in addition to the original furniture and objects of the time.
For those who visit Montevideo, Villa Yeruá is an excellent option for walking, since the place is bathed in culture and tells much of the life of Gardel. These scenarios and characters were inspiration for great tangos interpreted by the singer as “For a Head” and “Leguisamo Only.” Admission is free and the venue is open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sundays and holidays from 12am to 6pm.
About Villa Yeruá: At the end of the 1920s, Carlos Gardel frequented Villa Yeruá, owned by Francisco Maschio, a thoroughbred horse trainer including the famous Lunatic of the tango singer.
Located in a traditional neighborhood of Montevideo, then it was the perfect place to train the pure racing bloods, since the house – in Rimac street almost corner with Rambla – was before a beach resort with great dunes.
Francisco Maschio kept his Stud – the place with the boxes where he kept the animals, at the back of the property, which was symbolically reconstructed for the visits of the tourists, since it was completely destroyed due to the action of the time.
Francisco Maschio was a close friend of Carlos Gardel and received him at the Chalet for many summers and birthdays. In the estate also lived Irineo Leguisamo, employee of Maschio in Villa Yeruá, that became friend of Gardel through the trainer. Leguisamo took care of the horses raised and trained by the owner and in his free time rode the pure blood of Gardel, obtaining several titles in the races realized with Lunatico.