Buceo

Location of Buceo in Montevideo

Buceo plan

Buceo is a district ( barrio ) of the Uruguayan capital Montevideo .

Residents

There are currently 38,033 residents here (as of 2005)

location

It is located in the southeast of the city on the coast of the Río de la Plata . To the west, Buceo borders the districts of Pocitos and Parque Batlle - Villa Dolores , to the north are Unión and Malvín Norte , while Malvín continues the urban area to the east .

The district is bordered to the west by Avenida Luis Alberto de Herrera , Calle Marco Bruto , a small section of Avenida General Fructuoso Rivera and Calle Demostenes and Julio Cesar . To the north, Avenida Italia runs through the district. The demarcation to the neighboring barrios is made here by the Rambla Euskalerria , the Calle Barroso and the Minnesota . In the south on the Río de la Plata coast of the district are both the small bay of the port of Buceo near Pocitos and the extensive beach. The Rambla Republica Armenia , the most important artery of the district alongside Avenida Rivera , passes here. The area is Buceos the Municipalities CH and E associated.

Description and infrastructure

Buceo is home to the Museo Zoológico Damaso Antonio Larrañaga and the Museo Oceanográfico . The Edificio Panamericano , the Torres Naúticas , the Plaza Armenia , the Liceo Francés Jules Supervielle , the Aduana de Oribe , the World Trade Center Montevideo and the adjacent shopping mall Montevideo Shopping Center and the Veterinary Faculty of the Universidad de la República are also located here . The Instituto de Neurolingüística y Coaching Esencial is also located here. Between the banks of the Río de la Plata and the Avenida General Fructuoso Rivera , the Cementerio del Buceo takes its place , laterally limited by the Calle Tomas Basanez .

In the port of Buceo ( Puerto Buceo ) the Yacht Club Uruguayo is located in the eight-storey structure that defines the appearance there. The area of the marina is also known as the diving port. This is due to the fact that a ship laden with gold once sank there and has therefore been a magnet for treasure-seeking divers ever since.