Cerro de Montevideo
Cerro de Montevideo is a hill overlooking the namesake capital city of Uruguay. It constitutes an isolated landform, it is part of no mountain range. Its notable fortress on top overlooks the Bay of Montevideo, a natural harbour on the coast of the River Plate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortaleza del Cerro and Faro Cerro de Montevideo.
Fortaleza del Cerro
Museum
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The Fortaleza del Cerro, also known as Fortaleza General Artigas, is a fortress situated in Montevideo, Uruguay overlooking the Bay of Montevideo. It belongs to the barrio of Casabó, at the west of Villa del Cerro.
Faro Cerro de Montevideo
Lighthouse
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Faro Cerro de Montevideo is a lighthouse.
Cementerio del Cerro
Cemetery
Cementerio del Cerro is a cemetery in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is located in the barrio of Villa del Cerro, behind the Fortress. It was established in 1868.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa del Cerro and Casabó.
Villa del Cerro
Suburb
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Villa del Cerro is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It is named after Montevideo Hill.
Cerro de Montevideo
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 119 metres
- Description: hill in Uruguay
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Municipio A, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.88826° or 34° 53′ 18″ southLongitude
-56.26024° or 56° 15′ 37″ westElevation
119 metres (390 feet)Open location code
48Q54P6Q+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 500260369OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Cerro de Montevideo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Dutch: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- French: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Galician: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- German: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Italian: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Ladin: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Portuguese: “Cerro de montevidéu”
- Portuguese: “Cerro de Montevidéu”
- Slovenian: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Spanish: “Cerro de montevideo”
- Spanish: “Cerro de Montevideo”
- Spanish: “El Cerro”
- Venetian: “Cerro de Montevideo”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cerro de Montevideo”. Photo: Tano4595, CC BY-SA 3.0.