Artigas Boulevard

Bulevar General José Artigas called one of the most important streets in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.

History

The genesis of Bulevar Artigas dates back to the reign of Venancio Flores ' back when he was projected to define the city limits in the course of that enormous structural and urban developments and changes in Montevideo. He served in particular as a boundary line of Ciudad Novísima. About ten years later, on August 31, 1878 - here also the reign Latorres is mentioned, even if it started after other sources until March 1, 1879 - then the decision was taken, a boulevard of 50 meters width to narrow the urban area to build.

1885 received the Boulevard, named after the Uruguayan José Gervasio Artigas national hero, already by decree its present name. Work on its construction, however, were only recorded 1908-1909, as Intendente Benzano the affairs of Montevideo's headed.

The planning of this road was carried out in two phases. This was the one of the south-north section, which led from Punta Carretas Camino Larrañaga and respect the was intended at that time to continue it at a later point in the direction of Cerrito de la Victoria. On the other set of east-west course of Larrañaga to Playa Capurro the second section dar. During the construction had you decided to the effect of modifying the initially aligned to a width of 50 meters, planning to implement, that is now a only 40 meters wide boulevard was formed. 1913, the section of the Rambla to the road 8 de Octubre was completed. The remaining expansion towards the north, and the East-West section was delayed in the sequence and step as well as the surrounding buildings only slowly. This was due both to delays in the expropriation of land required and on the waning interest in the project progress.

Over time, finally began a regulation of construction to the effect, among other things, that now has a building height of eleven meters was required and also regulations regarding the decorations were set in particular in the field of landscaping design. The design of Bulevar Artigas concerning the latter, designed in the sequence landscape architect Carlos Thays. The implementation was the landscaper Carlos Racine.

History and Description

The Bulevar Artigas runs from the Rambla at Punta Carretas south of the city in a northerly direction until it finally after a change of direction in the neighborhood ( barrio ) Bella Vista ends in the west of Montevideo. He first performs the neighborhoods Parque Rodó, Pocitos, Parque Batlle and Tres Cruces. In the latter Barrio he meets at the Obelisk of Montevideo on the next to the Rambla most important street of the city, the Avenida 18 de Julio. Not far north of this interface is the bus terminal Tres Cruces. In the further course, it passes Cordón, Larrañaga, La Comercial Jacinto Vera, where he eventually bends to the west and its way along the Brazo Oriental, La Figurita, Atahualpa quarter ( Montevideo) and Reducto continues.

On Bulevar Artigas numerous significant and townscape buildings are located. These include, for example, the Parva Domus Magna Quies, the Edificio gamma Tower, Casa Souto, the Facultad de Arquitectura of the Universidad de la República ( UdelaR ), the so-called Edificio de apartamentos, Casa Barreira, Casa Piria de Berton, the Edificio Champs Elysées, the Nunciatura Apostólica, the Palacio Pietracaprina Hospital Pereira Rossell and or its pavilion in which the gynecology is housed. Also the Barrio Jardin is located on this thoroughfare of Montevideo. Also the Bulevar Artigas leads from the coast to approximately the level of the Hospital Italiano at Parque Punta Carretas, Parque de las Instrucciones del Año XIII, Parque Rodó, the Plaza Parque Batlle y Varela and Ordoñez over. Due to the high urban and architectural value of this leading from the Rambla to the located in Tres Cruces Hospital Italiano section of this was included in the plan Especial de Protección y Mejora de Pocitos, which still required the approval of the Junta Departamental of Montevideo in 2008.

In terms of Bulevar Artigas laterally limiting development exist within the various sections partly larger differences. While some in the southern area of both a balanced housing development coined, but sometimes from the homogeneous image aufreissenden apartment high-rise buildings surrounding a broken character prevails to Avenida Julio M. Sosa, this picture changes in the north of it extending portion to Avenida Tomás Giribaldi. There exists a clearly dominated by residential development with extensive leafy avenue environment that is given in such clarity in any other section of road. Bulevar España and Tres Cruces finally delimit a section of the course, which is characterized by advanced functional and typological realignment. The formerly established here for residential purposes and partly very high quality houses were either demolished or put to a new use function. The functional specialization is reflected in particular in the Avenida Rivera stretch to Avenida 8 de Octubre. There, a strong focus on health care has taken place. For example, health insurance companies and hospitals are increasingly to be found here.

From Avenida Gral. Garibaldi then northward to the appearance of Bulevar Artigas fundamentally changes. The date of two separate lanes existing carriageways road joins from now on to a single strand to which pages on the rest of her way north flanked by a double row of palms and other trees. While are located in that section to Calle Colorado both the complejo cooperativo Bulevar Artigas and the Comando General de Ejército related buildings, in the further course of two-storey residential development is dominant. On Luis Batlle Berres of the Monumento a Bulevar then bends to the west towards. This place north opposite can be found at the running there Avenida Luis A. de Herrera the housed here since 1985 Uruguayan presidential seat at the Edificio Libertad.

Bulevar Artigas comes nowadays crucial importance regarding the connection of those roads that lead out of the city to the other parts of the country.