Barrio Sur, Montevideo

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Location of Barrio Sur in Montevideo
Coordinates: 34°54′46″S56°11′19″W / 34.91278°S 56.18861°W / -34.91278; -56.18861
Country Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Department Montevideo Department
City Montevideo

Barrio Sur is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Ciudad Vieja to the west, the central business district to the north, Palermo to the east and the coastline to the south.

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Politically located in the B Municipality, along with Palermo, it is the place where most of the Uruguayan Carnival festivities take place. [1] In the first half of the 20th century, the neighbourhood became a melting pot of different cultures, due to the immigrants who settled in the area.

History

The neighborhood emerged in the first half of the 19th century, when the city walls were demolished, and a part of the population –mainly Afro-Uruguayans, who had been freed after the abolition of slavery in 1842– began to settle in the southern area of the city, living in collective housing called conventillos, such as the Mediomundo. [2]

The first inhabitants of the neighborhood maintained some of the rituals of their countries of origin. From these rituals the Candombe was born. Starting at the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th century, the area was inhabited by thousands of European immigrants. [3] Due to this, the neighborhood became a melting pot of Afro-Uruguayan, Spanish, Italian, and Jewish cultures. [4]

The southwest area of the neighborhood was part of El Bajo, an urban area that also included part of the south of Ciudad Vieja, and which contained a large number of cabarets and brothels. [5] It was demolished in the 1930s due to the construction of the south rambla. [6]

Culture

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View at sunset in Barrio Sur

Barrio Sur remains connected to Afro-Uruguay culture to this day. It is central to the Carnival festivities and Candombe is regularly played during the weekends. [7]

In 2022, the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, proposed renaming a street in Barrio Sur to honor the LGBT rights activist and travesti, Gloria Meneses. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Places of worship

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References

  1. ↑ "Llegan los tambores a Barrio Sur y Palermo". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Medio Mundo, sur, conventillo y después, un libro de Milita Alfaro". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. ↑ "El desalojo de los conventillos Ansina y Mediomundo: racismo, dictadura y codicia inmobiliaria". la diaria (in Spanish). 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Historia de los barrios: Barrio Sur y Palermo". amec.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ Redacción. "El Bajo de Ciudad Vieja". El Observador. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Brecha, la desmemoria de Montevideo". viajes.elpais.com.uy. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  7. ↑ "PATRIMONIO EN BARRIO SUR | Municipio B". municipiob.montevideo.gub.uy. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Nombrar es reconocer". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  9. ↑ "¿Cuáles son las calles que Cosse quiere renombrar y a quiénes busca homenajear?". El Observador. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Desde la arquitectura y el urbanismo, miradas sobre el proyecto para cambiar la denominación de seis cruces céntricos". la diaria (in Spanish). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Calles de Montevideo: Homenaje a personalidades afrouruguayas y LGBTQ+". El Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-03.


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