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Mercado Modelo was the a central municipal fruit and vegetable wholesale market in of
Colegio y Liceo Corazón de María
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Info site for Mercado Modelo
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(Spanish) Economy of Uruguay Barrios of Montevideo {{Uruguay-struct-stub
Mercado Modelo was the a central municipal fruit and vegetable wholesale market in of Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
. The area around the installations, which occupy several blocks of the Mercado Modelo– Bolívar ''barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...
'', has also taken on the name of the market, hence the composite name of the entire barrio. The central building has an area of , to which more buildings were added in 1996 of an area of , while the overall area of the market is .
In March 2009, the then mayor of Montevideo, Ricardo Ehrlich, announced that the market would be moved to the west of Montevideo.
The barrio
As a barrio (neighbourhood or district) ofMontevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, Mercado Modelo is part of the Mercado Modelo–Bolívar composite barrio. It shares borders with Bolívar to the northwest, Pérez Castellanos to the north, Villa Española
Villa Española is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo.
Location
This barrio shares borders with Mercado Modelo to the west, Pérez Castellanos to the northwest, Ituzaingó to the north, Flor de Maroñas to the northeast, Mar ...
to the east, Unión to the southeast and Larrañaga to the southwest. The barrio is home to the market of the same name, as well as to several big cold storage units, such as the Frigorifico Modelo and the Frigorifico Uruguayo.
Educational facilities
* Colegio y Liceo Corazón de María (private,Roman Catholic
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, Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King)/ref>
Places of worship
*Church of the Holy Apostles
The Church of the Holy Apostles (, ''Agioi Apostoloi''; ), also known as the Imperial Polyandrion (imperial cemetery), was a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first structure dated to ...
(Roman Catholic
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, Pallottine Fathers)
See also
*Barrios of Montevideo
The city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is divided into 62 ''barrios'' (neighborhoods or districts), each with its own identity, demographic characteristics and activities appropriate to the socio-cultural level of its inhabitants. The outer ...
Notes
External links
Info site for Mercado Modelo
(Spanish)
Mercado Modelo info
(Spanish) Economy of Uruguay Barrios of Montevideo {{Uruguay-struct-stub