Barrio Sur

Barrio Sur is a neighborhood ( barrio ) of the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.

Location

It is located south of the city. West of the Barrio Sur is bordered by Calle Andes the Ciudad Vieja, the old city of Montevideo. In the north of the Centro closes, while in the east Palermo continues the urban area. Here each form Calle Canelones and Calle Dr.J. Barrios Amorin or Santiago de Chile, the boundary of the district. To the south is limited the Barrio Sur from the clifftop coast of the Río de la Plata. Here the Rambla República Argentina goes along.

Population

Currently, here are 11,980 inhabitants recorded (as of 2005).

History and Description

The Barrio Sur is a neighborhood of the poorer sections of the working class mainly provides residents a home. In this district of Montevideo, which was the first, which was created after the demolition of the city walls in the 19th century outside the original city limits of the old town, to immigrants from Spain, Italy, Afro - Uruguayans and later inhabitants of Jewish origin settled. Also from the interior pulling in the capital, people found a home here. The Barrio is considered the birthplace of the Uruguayan carnival and connected to that candombe, which was particularly influenced by the black inhabitants of Uruguay. In the building marked by low colonial houses of the last century were also built on the coastline multi-storey apartment houses in the second half. The original form of housing formed long time Conventillos or Inquilinatos. It should be emphasized especially the built in 1885, called because of its enormous size Medio Mundo, consisting of 52 rooms Conventillo de Cuareim. This predominantly black inhabited building was also known as the Temple of Candombe and possessed with the Morenada its own carnival group. In 1911, efforts were made to close the Conventillos by law. In the context of civil-military dictatorship in the late 1970s, the demolition of 57 houses was then with the law of 8 October 1979 and consists, including the Medio Mundo counted. Another Conventillo that the demolition excavators fell victim, was the Conventillo Ansina. The removal of these buildings had its causes in addition to urban planning reasons, especially in the dilapidated state of the buildings and repeatedly occurring building collapses. Thus, in this respect, a tragedy in which 19 people died in the rubble of a total of three houses collapsing on that day occurred on 6 October 1978 at Barrio Sur. In July 1990, the Calle Carlos Gardel and some of the side streets under the then mayor and later president Tabaré Vázquez was declared a cultural asset worthy of protection, the so-called Patrimonio Cultural.

Infrastructure and attractions

In the Barrio Sur is the Central Cemetery Montevideo ( Cementerio Central) with the Panteon Nacional, the Palacio Durazno and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany has their headquarters here Important roads are Calle Curuguaty and Calle Carlos Gardel. In addition, since recently there acquiring an approximately three hours to complete, Ruta del Tambor called tourist route through the neighborhood, leading to seven significant digits of the district.