La Blanqueada is a ''
barrio
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'' (neighbourhood or district) in
Uruguay
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's capital
Montevideo
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.
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
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,
Scalabrinians)
Scalabrininan Parish in La Blanqueada
* 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
Barrios of Montevideo
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