Monumento Luis Batlle Berres

Monumento Luis Batlle Berres is a work of art in Municipio C, Montevideo Department. Monumento Luis Batlle Berres is situated nearby to the hospital Liberty Building, as well as near the shopping center Nuevocentro Shopping.

Photo: Modesty Zuniga Paz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: cultural heritage monument of Uruguay
Also known as: “Los Cuernos de Batlle” and “Monumento a Luis Batlle Berres”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Liberty Building and Nuevocentro Shopping.

Liberty Building

Hospital

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Liberty Building served as one of two executive office buildings of the President of Uruguay. It was built in the 1970s during the military government for the Ministry of Defense, but in 1985, president Julio María Sanguinetti decided to move the presidential office to that building. Liberty Building is situated 140 metres northeast of Monumento Luis Batlle Berres.

Nuevocentro Shopping

Shopping center

Photo: Fadesga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nuevocentro Shopping is a shopping mall of Montevideo, Uruguay. It is located in the neighborhood Jacinto Vera. The name of the shopping center arose from a contest in 2009 called "Name your New Shopping", in which 20,000 proposals participated. Nuevocentro Shopping is situated 200 metres northwest of Monumento Luis Batlle Berres.

Hospital Filtro

Hospital

The Enrique Claveaux Health Center, commonly known as Hospital Filtro, is a public medical center in Montevideo, Uruguay. The institution, located in the Jacinto Vera neighborhood, was established in the 1940s, while its current facilities were inaugurated in 2024 following a major renovation. Hospital Filtro is situated 290 metres west of Monumento Luis Batlle Berres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jacinto Vera and Bolívar.

Jacinto Vera

Suburb

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Jacinto Vera is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay, named after Jacinto Vera, the first Catholic bishop of Montevideo. It is home to the ex-Military School, now the Army Command.