Luis Alberto de Herrera

Luis Alberto de Herrera is a work of art in Municipio C, Montevideo Department. Luis Alberto de Herrera is situated nearby to the grassland Cantero Organizacion Panamericana De La Salud, as well as near Espacio Libre Héctor Rodríguez.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Description: cultural heritage monument of Uruguay
Also known as: “Monument to Luis Alberto de Herrera” and “Monumento Luis Alberto de Herrera”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nuevocentro Shopping and Hospital Filtro.

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 250 metres southeast of Luis Alberto de Herrera.

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 270 metres south of Luis Alberto de Herrera.

Liberty Building

Hospital

Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 450 metres east of Luis Alberto de Herrera.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jacinto Vera and Brazo Oriental.

Jacinto Vera

Suburb

Photo: Fadesga, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Brazo Oriental

Suburb

Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brazo Oriental is a barrio of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Brazo Oriental is a residential zone located approximately 5 kilometres from Montevideo's centre.