The Liebig`s Company began in Fray Bentos in 1865, thanks to the visionary german engineer Georg Giebert, who designed a thriving bussiness by making good use of products and by-products of the cattle in the area. Liebig´s meat extract introduced the name of FRAY BENTOS to the world, and, in the imagination of the genial Jules Verne, it served breakfast to their firs travellers to the moon. A giant emporium was installed in Fray Bentos, using state of the art technology. It was here, for example, that the first lights were lit in Uruguay, some three years before Montevideo had electricity.

The "Casa Grande" or "Manager`s House", with a botanical garden in the rear, was buit in 1868. It is one of the main attractios of the Barrio Anglo (english district).

In places where history is recogniced, respected and taught, all can benefit and enjoy it. Fray Bentos is one of this places. In the middle of the 20th century, an important chapter in the history of the development of the areas rich farmland and grazing began here. The german Liebig`s Extract of Meat Company and later the famous british Anglo Company, established and developed this industry as one of the most important in the world. Today, 130 years later, these machines constructed specifically to manufacture meat extract, photographs, documents, blueprints, offices and numerous buildings await your visit to introduce you to a magic world, as if you have returned to another century when the industrial revolution was born on the Río de la Plata...