Piriápolis

Piriapolis on the map of Uruguay

Piriapolis is a city in Uruguay in the department of Maldonado.

• 3.1 Education
• 3.2 Leisure and Tourism
• 3.3 traffic

Geography

Location and landscape

It is located about 35 km away on the banks of the Río de la Plata from the city of Maldonado. The scenic image of the hinterland is determined by the base situated therein, Sierra de las Animas. In about six kilometers away you will find the Cerro Pan de Azucar.

Mineral resources

In Piriapolis resources exist of gray and red granite.

History

Piriapolis was founded in 1893 by Francisco Piria. The first building was a castle, built in 1897, after a model on the Italian Riviera. Then came buildings such as the Port of Piriapolis, the Rambla de los Argentinos, a railway line, the church, the Hotel Piriapolis and the Argentino Hotel added. On June 21, 1960 12,736 classified as Ciudad (city) in the course of legal regulation Ley.

Infrastructure

Education

Piriapolis features with the established on March 17, 1958 Liceo de Piriapolis " José Luis Invernizzi " about a high school ( Liceo ).

Leisure and Tourism

Piriapolis is equipped with one installed on tourism infrastructure and one of the major seaside resorts in the country. The city, which has about beaches on the coast, holding more than 50 hotels, has a marina, a golf course and a zoo where the animals live in Uruguay are represented. One of the most influential structures Piriapolis ' counts the Argentino Hotel.

Traffic

Verkehrsinfrastrukturiell the city is connected by road to the north a few kilometers extending Ruta Interbalnearia and thus to the western or eastern centers Montevideo and Maldonado / Punta del Este, in which a regular, repeatedly served daily bus connection.

Population

In the 2011 census, 8,830 inhabitants were counted in Piriapolis, of which 4,238 male and 4,592 female.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

City ​​council

Mayor ( alcalde ) of Piriapolis is Mario Invernizzi.

View of the city

Chairlift to Cerro San Antonio

Piriapolis, view from Cerro San Antonio

Sons and daughters of the town

• Julio Balerio (1958-2013), football player and coach
• Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1945-2013), football player and coach