La Blanqueada

Location of La Blanqueada in Montevideo

Plan of La Blanqueada

Hospital Militar in La Blanqueada

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

location

It is located north of the city center in the central south of the Montevideo department . La Blanqueada borders the Parque Batlle - Villa Dolores district in the south . To the southwest lies the Tres Cruces district . Larrañaga connects to the northwest , while Unión continues the urban area in the northeast .

The area of ​​the district is included from the southwest in a clockwise direction from the border line formed by the following streets: Avenida Dr. Manuel Albo , Avenida 8 de Octubre , Avenida Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera , Dr. Francisco Simon and Avenida Italia .

The area of La Blanqueada is the Municipalities CH and E associated.

history

In 1811, La Blanqueada was the scene of an important part of Uruguayan history. So in the Quinta de la Paraguaya (today's Parque Central ) José Artigas was proclaimed to the Jefe de los Orientales in a meeting .

Infrastructure and description

education

There are numerous schools in La Blanqueada. These are among others the Colegio y Liceo Santa María , the Liceo Nº 3 "Damaso Antonio Larrañaga" , the Escuela Superior de Comercio La Blanqueada , the Escuela N ° 13 "Joaquin Mestre" , the Escuela Austria , the Escuela Edmundo de Amicis , the Escuela República de Costa Rica , the Escuela Petrona Viera , the Escuela República de Panama , the Escuela Brig. Grail. Juan A. Lavalleja and the Escuela Ana Bruzzone de Scarone .

Healthcare

In addition, several hospitals are located in the quarter, such as the Sanatorio Nº 3 del CASMU (Maternidad), the Sanatorio Impasa and the Hospital Militar .

Sports

In La Blanqueada , the Estadio Gran Parque Central is the home ground of the Nacional football club , where the first football match at a football World Cup took place on July 13, 1930 . Opponents at the time were the USA and Belgium . In addition, in 1881 , La Blanqueada was the venue for the first football game on Uruguayan soil between the Montevideo Rowing Club and the Montevideo Cricket Club .

Attractions

Monument to Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga

There is a monument in honor of Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga ( Monumento a Damaso Antonio Larrañaga ) on the avenue also named after him, which runs through the district .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the Uruguayan National Statistics Institute for the classification of the barrios of Montevideo. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Archived from the original on March 16, 2007 ; Retrieved May 3, 2014 . 
2. ^ Official website of the Colegio y Liceo Santa María
3. ↑ ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE COMERCIO LA BLANQUEADA ( Memento of January 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.cep.edu.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=433:una-escuela-un-barrio-una-historia&catid=94:chiqui400&Itemid=324
5. ↑ School directory (PDF) ( Memento from December 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 34 ° 53 ′  S , 56 ° 9 ′  W