- Source: La Blanqueada
La Blanqueada is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Uruguay's capital Montevideo.
Location
It borders Tres Cruces to the west, Larrañaga to the northwest, Unión to the northeast and Parque Batlle to the south. It is home to the Military Hospital.
Several main avenues border and cross this barrio: 8 de Octubre Avenue, Italia Avenue, Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera Avenue and Centenario Avenue.
According to the historian Orestes Araújo, the name of this neighbourhood (derived from blanco, Spanish for "white") was given by an old grocery store all in white.
Places of worship
Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, known also as the Italian Catholic Mission (Roman Catholic, Scalabrinians)
Nuestro Salvador, a small Lutheran Church, is also present on Avenida 8 de Octubre.
See also
Barrios of Montevideo
References
External links
Revista Raices / Historia del barrio La Blanqueada
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stadion Gran Parque Central
- La Blanqueada
- Club Nacional de Football
- Lorena Ponce de León
- Estadio Gran Parque Central
- Montevideo
- Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo
- Unión, Montevideo
- ANTEL
- Pocitos
- Carrasco, Montevideo
