Montero Palace

The Montero Palace is an eclectic-historicist building located in the neighborhood of , . Built in the 1920s on the north side of Plaza de Cagancha, the building is best known for having housed the renowned Sorocabana Café on its ground floor for half a century.
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: building in Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Also known as: “Edificio Palacio Montero (Sorocabana)” and “Palacio Montero”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo Pedagógico José Pedro Varela and Ateneo de Montevideo.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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The Athenæum of Montevideo is a cultural institution in , . Founded on July 3, 1886 with the merger of the Sociedad Universitaria and the Ateneo del Uruguay, it is housed in an eclectic-historicist style building located on the Plaza de Cagancha in .

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 180 metres northeast of Montero Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montevideo and Centro.

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is the capital city of , on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby , is the cultural and political center of the country.

Suburb
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is a barrio of , . Being the city's downtown area, it forms part of its central business district, along with the neighboring areas of and .

Suburb
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is a barrio of , . It borders to the west, the to the north, to the east and the coastline to the south.

Montero Palace

Latitude
-34.90554° or 34° 54′ 20″ south
Longitude
-56.19065° or 56° 11′ 26″ west
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Levels
9
Open location code
48Q53RV5+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1195274108
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Geo­Names ID
6951432
Wiki­data ID
Q2046772
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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Montero Palace” goes by many names.

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