Paso de las Duranas
Barrio in Montevideo Department, Uruguay
34°50′40″S 56°11′51″W / 34.84444°S 56.19750°W / -34.84444; -56.19750![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png)
Paso de las Duranas is a cultural center in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Location
It is located in Aires Puros, between Belvedere and Sayago to the northwest, Lavalleja to the north and Prado to the south.
Landmarks
Paso de las Duranas is home to the National Museum of Anthropology[1] and to the Museo de la Memoria,[2] which is dedicated to the history of the fight of the Uruguayan people against the repression of the dictatorship. In its east side it also contains the northmost edge of the Prado park, where the former building of the Sociedad Nativista was transformed into a museum.[3]
Educational facilities
- Colegio y Liceo Mariano (private, Roman Catholic, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales)[4]
Places of worship
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Casaravilla 867 esq. Av. Millán; popularly known as "Iglesia de Paso de las Duranas" (Roman Catholic, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales)
See also
- Barrios of Montevideo
References
- ^ [1] Archived September 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "El Museo Paso de las Duranas abre sus puertas el 23 y 24 de mayo". Agenda.universia.edu.uy. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Inicio". Colegioyliceomariano.edu.uy. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
External links
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- Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria, Intendencia de Montevideo
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Barrios of Montevideo
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- Ciudad Vieja
- Centro
- Barrio Sur
- Aguada
- Villa Muñoz
- Cordón
- Palermo
- Parque Rodó
- Tres Cruces
- La Comercial
- Larrañaga
- La Blanqueada
- Parque Batlle–Villa Dolores
- Pocitos
- Punta Carretas
- Unión
- Buceo
- Malvín
- Malvín Norte
- Las Canteras
- Punta Gorda
- Carrasco
- Carrasco Norte
- Bañados de Carrasco
- Flor de Maroñas
- Maroñas–Parque Guaraní
- Villa Española
- Ituzaingó
- Pérez Castellanos
- Mercado Modelo–Bolívar
- Brazo Oriental
- Jacinto Vera
- La Figurita
- Reducto
- Capurro–Bella Vista
- Prado–Nueva Savona
- Atahualpa
- Aires Puros
- Paso de las Duranas
- Belvedere
- La Teja
- Tres Ombúes–Pueblo Victoria
- Villa del Cerro
- Casabó–Pajas Blancas
- La Paloma–Tomkinson
- Paso de la Arena–Los Bulevares–Santiago Vázquez
- Nuevo París
- Conciliación
- Sayago
- Peñarol–Lavalleja
- Colón Centro y Noroeste
- Lezica–Melilla
- Colón Sudeste–Abayubá
- Manga–Toledo Chico
- Casavalle
- Cerrito de la Victoria
- Las Acacias
- Jardines del Hipódromo
- Piedras Blancas
- Manga
- Punta de Rieles–Bella Italia
- Villa García–Manga Rural
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