This landing of the historic Thirty Three at the beach proved to be one of the significant stages in the establishing the independence of Uruguay.
Monument and legacy
A monument to the arrival of the Thirty-Three Orientals was erected in 1863 by local landowner don Domingo Ordoñana at the edge of the beach in the 19th century.
The beach was formerly known as 'graseada', from 'grasería', (Spanish: 'chandlery'), given the prior existence of a chandlery at that location. The word 'graseada' was later corrupted to the form 'agraciada' (Spanish: 'pretty', 'good looking'), and which was to become the durable form in the name.