Buceo is a ''

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'' (neighbourhood or district) in

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. Buceo borders Pocitos and Villa Dolores to the west, Parque Batlle, Unión and Malvín Norte to the north, Malvín to the east and the coastline to the south.

Description

The Rambla of Montevideo coastal avenue takes on the names Rambla Armenia and Rambla República de Chile along Buceo. Across it is the Port of Buceo and opposite to it, a building with a pointed tower, which houses the Oceanographic Museum. Beyond this stretches the beach of Buceo. Buceo is home to the biggest shopping mall of the city, the Montevideo Shopping, and to the World Trade Center Montevideo. An architecturally important building is the Edificio Panamericano, opposite the Port of Buceo. The port is home to Montevideo's principal

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and has a beach by the same name. It is prime for hosting sailing racing events and has in the past. In October 2012 a monumental statue of the Korean art project '' Greetingman'' was unveiled in Buceo near the seashore.

Educational facilities

* Lycée Français de Montevideo (private, bilingual)

Places of worship

* Parish Church of St. Peter Apostle, José Leguizamón 3684 (

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Noted historical feature

At the Buceo Cemetery, the Uruguayan Civil War and National (blanco) party leader Aparicio Saraiva (d. 1904) was buried. Across the street is The British Cemetery, which was founded in 1828.

External links

Intendencia de Montevideo / Useful data / Buceo

Intendencia de Montevideo / Historia del Buceo
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