Cordón

Cordón
—  Barrio  —
The El Gaucho monument, a national symbol, at the West entrance of Cordón, on 18 de Julio Av.
Street map of Cordón
Location of Cordón in Montevideo
Coordinates: 34°54′0″S 56°10′50″W / 34.9°S 56.18056°W / -34.9; -56.18056Coordinates: 34°54′0″S 56°10′50″W / 34.9°S 56.18056°W / -34.9; -56.18056
Country	Uruguay
Department	Montevideo Department
City	Montevideo

Cordón is a central barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, located directly East of the Centro. Its main avenue is 18 de Julio Avenue. It is delimited by Miguelete Str. and La Paz Str. to the North, Dr. Barrios Amorin Str. to the West, Canelones Str. to the South and Dr. Joaquin Requena Str., and Rivera & Artigas Avenues to the East.

Squares

Along 18 de Julio Avenue lies the main square of the Cordón, Plaza de los Treinta y Tres Orientales, also known as Plaza Artola. On it there is a monument to the Thirty-Three Orientals, copy of a painting by national painter Juan Manuel Blanes on painted ceramic tiles, a bronze mounted statue of Juan Antonio Lavalleja, the monument to a fireman holding a baby, as well as a bronze statue of Albert Einstein discussing with the Uruguayan philosopher Carlos Vaz Ferreira, both seated on a bench. On its north side is the Quartel de Bomberos, the firemen's quarters, a building designed by military architect Alfredo R. Campos. Another big square of the area, on Eduardo V. Haedo Str., has been planted with trees recently and is meant to become a park, so it is officially called Parque Liber Seregni.

Buildings and streets

Cordón is home to the National Library, the University of the Republic (the Faculty of Law), the Institute Alfredo Vázquez Acavedo, all three of which are National Heritage Sites, the Ministry of Health, the Banco de Prevision Social (the Social Security Service) and many other building of architectural interest.

Its most important streets apart from 18 de Julio Avenue, are the Constituyente, Uruguay Avenue, Galicia Str., Miguelete Str., Juan D. Jackson which becomes Fernandez Crespo Avenue south of 18 de Julio and others. One street of particular interest is Tristan Narvaja. Apart from being the street of books antiquariats, every Sunday it hosts the historic Feria de Tristán Narvaja a famous street market which is also a tourist attraction.

See also

• Barrios of Montevideo

External links

• Intendencia de Montevideo / Useful data / Cordón
• Intendencia de Montevideo / Historia del Cordón
• Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Cordón
• Page of the Postal Service of Uruguay for the 250 years of Cordón