Bulevar Artigas
| Bulevar Artigas Bulevar General José Artigas
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| place | Montevideo |
| Cross streets | u. a. Rambla , Avenida Julio Maria Sosa, Avenida Sarmiento, Bulevar España, Avenida Brasil, Avenida General Fructuoso Rivera, Avenida 18 de Julio , Avenida Italia, Avenida Gral. Garibaldi |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
Bulevar General José Artigas denotes one of the most important streets in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo .
history
The genesis of the Bulevar Artigas goes back to the reign of Venancio Flores , when it was designed to define the city limits in the course of the enormous structural and urban developments and changes in Montevideo. He served in particular as the borderline of the Ciudad Novísima . Around ten years later, on August 31, 1878 - the reign of Latorre is also mentioned here, even if, according to other sources, it did not begin until March 1, 1879 - the decision was made to enclose a boulevard 50 meters wide to delimit the urban area erect.
In 1885 the boulevard, named after the Uruguayan national hero José Gervasio Artigas , was given its current name by decree. However, the construction work on its establishment did not begin until between 1908 and 1909, when Intendente Benzano directed the affairs of state in Montevideo.
The planning of this road was carried out in two sections. On the one hand, this was the south-north section that led from Punta Carretas to the Camino Larrañaga , and in relation to which it was intended at the time to continue towards Cerrito de la Victoria at a later date . On the other hand, the east-west course from Larrañaga to Playa Capurro represented the second section. In the course of the construction, it was then decided to modify the planning, which was originally designed to be 50 meters wide, so that now a only 40 meters wide boulevard was created. In 1913 the section from Rambla to 8 de Octubre was completed. The remainder of the expansion in a northerly direction, as well as the east-west section, was subsequently delayed and, like the surrounding development, only progressed slowly. This was due to both delays in expropriating the required land and declining interest in the progress of the project.
In the course of time, building activities began to be regulated, among other things, to the effect that a building height of eleven meters was now stipulated and regulations were also set with regard to decorations, particularly in the area of landscaping. The design of the Bulevar Artigas in relation to the latter was designed by landscape architect Carlos Thays . The landscape gardener Carlos Racine was responsible for the implementation .
Course and description
The Bulevar Artigas runs from the Rambla at Punta Carretas in the south of the city in a northerly direction until it finally ends after a change of direction in the district ( barrio ) Bella Vista in the west of Montevideo. It first leads through the districts of Parque Rodó , Pocitos , Parque Batlle and Tres Cruces . In the latter barrio, at the Obelisk of Montevideo , he meets what is probably the most important street in the city next to the Rambla , the Avenida 18 de Julio . Not far north of this interface is the Tres Cruces bus terminal . In the further course it passes Cordón , Larrañaga , La Comercial and Jacinto Vera , where it finally bends in a westerly direction and continues its way along the districts Brazo Oriental , La Figurita , Atahualpa (Montevideo) and Reducto .
Numerous important buildings that shape the cityscape are located on Bulevar Artigas. These include, for example, the Parva Domus Magna Quies , the Edificio Gamma Tower , the Casa Souto , the Facultad de Arquitectura of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR), the so-called Edificio de apartamentos , the Casa Barreira , the Casa Piria de Bertón , the Edificio Champs Elysées , the Nunciatura Apostólica , the Palacio Pietracaprina or the Pereira Rossell Hospital and its pavilion, which houses the gynecology department. The Barrio Jardín is also located on this Montevideo artery. The Bulevar Artigas also runs from the coast to about the level of the Hospital Italiano, past Parque Punta Carretas , Parque de las Instrucciones del Año XIII , Parque Rodó , Plaza Varela and Parque Batlle y Ordoñez . Due to the high urban and architectural value of this section leading from the Rambla to the Hospital Italiano in Tres Cruces, it was included in the Plan Especial de Protección y Mejora de Pocitos , which in 2008 still required the approval of the Junta Departamental of Montevideo .
With regard to the buildings that border the Bulevar Artigas, there are some major differences within the various sections of the route. While in the southern area up to Avenida Julio M. Sosa there is a predominant environmental character characterized by balanced residential development, but sometimes interrupted by the homogeneous image of high-rise apartment buildings, this picture changes in the section north of it up to Avenida Tomás Giribaldi . There is an area clearly dominated by residential development with extensive green avenues, which is not given in this clarity in any other street section. Bulevar España and Tres Cruces finally delimit a section of the route that is characterized by advanced functional and typological reorientation. The houses that were previously built here for residential purposes, some of which were particularly high-quality, were either demolished or given a new function. The functional specialization is particularly evident in the stretch from Avenida Rivera to Avenida 8 de Octubre . There has been a strong focus on healthcare there. For example, health insurance companies or hospitals can be found here increasingly.
From Avenida Grail. Garibaldi then changes the appearance of the Bulevar Artigas fundamentally. The road, which previously consisted of two separate lanes with a median, will now merge into a single strand, flanked on the rest of the way to the north by a double row of palm trees and other trees. While both the complejo cooperativo Bulevar Artigas and the buildings belonging to the Comando General de Ejército are located in that section up to Calle Colorado, two-storey residential development is dominant in the further course. At the Monumento a Luis Batlle Berres the Bulevar then bends to the west. Opposite this point to the north, on Avenida Luis A. de Herrera, the Uruguayan presidential seat, which has been housed here since 1985, is located in the Edificio Libertad .
Nowadays, the Bulevar Artigas is of crucial importance with regard to the connection of the roads that lead out of the city to the other parts of the country.
literature
- Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3. Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo et al., Montevideo et al. 2008, ISBN 978-9974-600-26-3 , pp. 336 ff.
