Paseo de la Matriz

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The Paseo de la Matriz is a building in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo .

The building, erected in the mid-19th century, is located in Ciudad Vieja on Calle Juan Carlos Gómez 1420 between streets 25 de Mayo and Rincón near Plaza Matriz . Information about the architect of the Paseo de la Matriz, designed as a residential building, is not available. In the years 1989 to 1990 restoration work took place under the direction of the architects G. Hughes (depending on the sources, the spelling Hugues is used) and T. Speechmann . Currently (as of 2011) the building is used for business purposes and houses a gallery and restaurants. The ten meter high, two-storey building has an inner courtyard and has a floor area of ​​516 m².

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. 37, 118.

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Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 20.4 ″  S , 56 ° 12 ′ 11.8 ″  W.