Constitution Square
Plaza de la Constitución, also known as Plaza Matriz, is the oldest city square in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in barrio Ciudad Vieja, since 1726 was the plaza mayor of the Fortress City of San Felipe and Santiago of Montevideo, in which it was the only open public space.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Also known as: “Constitution Square, Montevideo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral and Andes Museum 1972.
Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral
Church
Photo: Nicolas Barriola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Roman Catholic church of Montevideo, and seat of its archdiocese. It is located right in front of the Cabildo across Constitution Square, in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Vieja.
Andes Museum 1972
Museum
Photo: Mevrob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Andes Museum 1972 is located in The Old City in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. Andes Museum 1972 is situated 100 metres northeast of Constitution Square.
Edificio del Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
Government office
Photo: JacobinoWunsh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edificio del Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciudad Vieja and Barrio Sur.
Ciudad Vieja
Suburb
Photo: Eduardo Ruggieri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ciudad Vieja is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the Bay of Montevideo, it is the city's historic district. It was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire.
Barrio Sur
Suburb
Barrio Sur is a barrio 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.
Montevideo
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.
Constitution Square
- Categories: cultural property, park, recreation area, and locality
- Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.9066° or 34° 54′ 24″ southLongitude
-56.20354° or 56° 12′ 13″ westElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
48Q53QVW+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 36001749OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
place=squareGeoNames ID
7840178Wikidata ID
Q1632358
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Constitution Square” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaça Constitució”
- Catalan: “Plaza Constitución”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الدستور”
- German: “Plaza de la Constitución”
- German: “Plaza Matriz”
- Italian: “Piazza della Costituzione (Montevideo)”
- Italian: “Piazza della Costituzione”
- Portuguese: “Plaza de la Constitución”
- Portuguese: “Praça Constituição”
- Russian: “Площадь Конституции”
- Spanish: “Plaza Constitución (Mayor o Matriz)”
- Spanish: “Plaza Constitución”
- Spanish: “Plaza de la Constitucion”
- Spanish: “Plaza Matriz”
- “Plaza Constitución”
- “Plaza Matriz”
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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 “Constitution Square”. Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.