Cuartel de Bomberos (Montevideo)

The Cuartel de Bomberos (in German: fire station or fire station), also Cuartel Centenario de Bomberos , is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo .

The building, projected in 1922, is located in the Barrio Cordón on Calle Colonia 1665-1691 on Manzana, which is surrounded by streets Minas , Mercedes and Magallanes , and borders Plaza de los Treinta y Tres in the northwest . It was opened in 1930 on the occasion of the centenary of the constitutional oath ( Jura de la Constitución ). Architect Alfredo R. Campos was responsible for the construction . As the name suggests, the 35 meter high building serves as a fire station.

Since 1995 the building has been classified as a Bien de Interés Municipal .

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 , p. 76.

Web links

• Cuartel Centenario - Plaza de los Treinta y Tres (Spanish) on www.montevideo.gub.uy, accessed July 6, 2012
• Cuartel Centenario (Bomberos) (Spanish), Retrieved July 7, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Un poco de historia ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.bomberos.gub.uy, accessed July 6, 2012  

Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 8.1 ″  S , 56 ° 10 ′ 50.9 ″  W.