Tres Cruces
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Tres Cruces is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Uruguay's capital Montevideo. Its name means "three crossings", referring to the three major transportation routes which intersect in the area: Avenida 18 de Julio, Bulevar Artigas and Avenida 8 de Octubre. It is also the starting point of Italia Avenue.
Location
Tres Cruces shares borders with Cordón to the south and to the west, with La Comercial and Larrañaga to the north, with La Blanqueada and Parque Batlle to the east, Cordón and Pocitos to the south.
History
In 1813, the barrio was the site of the “Congress Tres Cruces” and the issuance of the "Instrucciones del año XIII" by José Gervasio Artigas in an attempt to establish an independent government for the Liga Federal in what was then known as the "Banda Oriental" ("Eastern Bank").
Sites of interest
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The barrio is the site of the national bus terminal, a major shopping centre, and several hospitals and schools. Several major monuments are also located here. One is an obelisk erected in 1930 to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's 1830 constitution. A giant cross and statue of Pope John Paul II is located near the obelisk, erected to commemorate his first visit to Montevideo. Across from the bus terminal is the Democracy Square, a monument erected in honour of Fructuoso Rivera, the founder of the Uruguay Colorado Party and first President of Uruguay.
Educational facilities
- Colegio y Liceo Santo Domingo, also known as "Las Domínicas" is a private institution operated by the Roman Catholic Dominican Sisters)[1]
Places of worship
- Shrine of the Resurrected Lord (Roman Catholic)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church (Adventist)
See also
References
- ^ Dominican Sisters Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Tres Cruces
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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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