Paso de las Duranas explained

Paso de las Duranas
Settlement Type:Barrio
Image Map1:Montevideo Paso de las Duranas.png
Map Caption1:Location of Paso de las Duranas in Montevideo
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uruguay
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Montevideo Department
Subdivision Type2:City
Coordinates:-34.8444°N -56.1975°W

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

Places of worship

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/cultura/museos-y-salas/otros-museos
  2. http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/cultura/museos-y-salas/centro-cultural-y-museo-de-la-memoria
  3. Web site: El Museo Paso de las Duranas abre sus puertas el 23 y 24 de mayo . Agenda.universia.edu.uy . 2015-04-16 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416213038/http://agenda.universia.edu.uy/otras/2009/05/21/el-museo-paso-de-las-duranas-abre-sus-puertas-el-23-y-24-de-mayo . 2015-04-16 .
  4. Web site: Inicio . Colegioyliceomariano.edu.uy . 2015-04-16.