Agraciada Beach, Beach area in Soriano Department, Uruguay.

Agraciada Beach is a narrow, low sandy shore 13 kilometres long on the Uruguay River in Soriano Department. It is also called Arenal Grande, after the stream that bounds it to the north. A commemorative pyramid was raised in 1862 at the southern stretch where the landing is placed; the exact spot remains debated among Uruguayan historians.

A group of revolutionaries landed here in 1825, launching a liberation movement that brought independence to Uruguay. This event marked the start of a new chapter in the country's political history.

The name may come from "La graseada", the sandy spot where colonial cattle workers slaughtered wild cattle for hides and tallow; a later Romantic version credits a local woman called la agraciada. Near the shore stands a higuerón, a fig tree remembered as a witness to the 1825 landing, and a commemorative pyramid was raised in 1862.

The beach is a narrow, low sandbank 13 kilometres long on the Uruguay River, so access is by road from the Soriano Department interior. The commemorative pyramid of 1862 stands south of the Arenal Grande stream mouth, not at the stream itself. The landing point remains debated among historians, so follow the marked monument area.

The 1862 commemorative pyramid stands south of the Arenal Grande stream mouth, not at the stream itself; witnesses' accounts were so imprecise that Uruguayan historians still debate the exact landing point. The site also keeps the Higuerón, a fig tree linked by tradition to the 1825 landing.