Paso de las Duranas

Barrio in Montevideo Department, Uruguay

34°50′40″S 56°11′51″W / 34.84444°S 56.19750°W / -34.84444; -56.19750Country

UruguayDepartmentMontevideo DepartmentCityMontevideo

Paso de las Duranas is a cultural center in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Location

It is located in Aires Puros, between Belvedere and Sayago to the northwest, Lavalleja to the north and Prado to the south.

Landmarks

Paso de las Duranas is home to the National Museum of Anthropology^[1] and to the Museo de la Memoria,^[2] which is dedicated to the history of the fight of the Uruguayan people against the repression of the dictatorship. In its east side it also contains the northmost edge of the Prado park, where the former building of the Sociedad Nativista was transformed into a museum.^[3]

Educational facilities

Colegio y Liceo Mariano (private, Roman Catholic, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales)^[4]

Places of worship

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Casaravilla 867 esq. Av. Millán; popularly known as "Iglesia de Paso de las Duranas" (Roman Catholic, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales)

References

^ [1] Archived September 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "El Museo Paso de las Duranas abre sus puertas el 23 y 24 de mayo". Agenda.universia.edu.uy. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
^ "Inicio". Colegioyliceomariano.edu.uy. Retrieved 2015-04-16.