Mercado del Puerto

The Mercado del Puerto is a gastronomic and cultural venue in the Ciudad Vieja neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. Originally built as a covered marketplace, it no longer functions as one and now houses restaurants serving traditional Uruguayan cuisine, with a focus on asado cooked over open-fire parrillas.

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Food court
Description: cultural heritage monument of Uruguay

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carnival Museum and Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art.

Carnival Museum

Museum

Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Carnival Museum is located at 25 De Mayo Street in the "Ciudad Vieja" in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was built in November 2006. The museum has galleries on Candombe, Carnival, Uruguayan Carnival and Murga.

Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art

Museum

Photo: Museo MAPI, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art is an ethnographic museum located in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to the indigenous cultures of different parts of Latin America. Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art is situated 220 metres southeast of Mercado del Puerto.

Parroquia San Francisco de Asís

Church

The Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay. Parroquia San Francisco de Asís is situated 250 metres east of Mercado del Puerto.

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 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the entrance of the natural port of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire.

Barrio Sur

Suburb

Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY 3.0.

Barrio Sur is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Ciudad Vieja to the west, Centro 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.

Mercado del Puerto

Categories: market hall, building, tourism, tourist attraction, and food
Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude

-34.90571° or 34° 54′ 21″ south

Longitude

-56.21172° or 56° 12′ 42″ west

Open location code

48Q53QVQ+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 179066483

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=food_court

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q1921137

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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Mercado del Puerto” goes by many names.

German: “Mercado del Puerto”
Spanish: “Mercado del puerto”
Spanish: “Mercado del Puerto”

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