South America
Uruguay
Montevideo Department

Museo Torres García

The Museo Torres García is located in the historic of where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist paintings akin to Picasso's paintings, painted by Joaquín Torres García are exhibited.
Tap on a place
to explore it
torresgarcia.org.uy
+598 2916 2663
+598 2915 2635
Wikipedia
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Email: info@torresgarcia.org.uy
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum
  • Also known as: “Museo Torre Garcia”
  • Address: 683 Sarandí, Montevideo
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual and Plaza Independencia.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is located in the of , . The plaza includes a large triangular granite monolith -- a reference to the pink triangles worn during the Nazi persecution of LGBT people.

Square
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
is the most important in , , laid out in the 19th century in the area occupied by the Citadel of Montevideo. is situated 150 metres east of Museo Torres García.

Photo: Baiji, Public domain.
Puerta de la Ciudadela is one of the few remaining parts of the wall that surrounded the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, the citadel, which was torn down in 1829.This drawbridge over a moat was built in 1745 as the only entrance to the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad Vieja and Barrio Sur.

Suburb
Photo: Eduardo Ruggieri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a barrio of , . Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the , it is the city's historic district. It was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire.

Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY 3.0.
is a barrio of , . It borders to the west, the to the north, to the east and the coastline to the south.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
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.

Museo Torres García

Latitude
-34.90646° or 34° 54′ 23″ south
Longitude
-56.20138° or 56° 12′ 5″ west
Open location code
48Q53QVX+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3000665176
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1570412
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Museo Torres García from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Museo Torres García” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pablo Ferrando Building and Peatonal Sarandí.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as BBVA and Más Puro Verso.

Uruguay: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Montevideo, Salto, Colonia, and Punta del Este.

Curious Museums to Discover

Uncover intriguing museums from every corner of the globe.
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 “Museo Torres García”. Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.