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17-413: Tres Cruces shares borders with Cordón to the south and to the west, with La Comercial and Larrañaga to the north, with La Blanqueada and Parque Batlle to the east, Cordón and Pocitos to the south. In 1813, the barrio was the site of the “Congress Tres Cruces” and the issuance of the "Instrucciones del año XIII" by José Gervasio Artigas in an attempt to establish an independent government for

34-826: A bench. Cordón is home to different buildings of architectural importance, such as the National Library , the University of the Republic , the Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo Institute and the headquarters of the Banco de Previsión Social . The Feria de Tristán Narvaja is a Sunday street market opened in 1909, which has become a tourist attraction. Since the mid-2010s, the area of the neighborhood with its epicenter on Bulevar España between Eduardo Acevedo and Pablo de María streets, has been

51-527: A scholarship from the Uruguayan government, and with it, traveled with his family to Florence , Italy , where he studied under Antonio Ciseri until 1864. The experience became a valuable calling card for Blanes, who became one of Uruguay's most sought-after portraiteurs. The 1871 outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires inspired his first renowned work, which he exhibited to acclaim in

68-468: Is a central barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo , Uruguay , located East of the Centro . Its main avenue is 18 de Julio Avenue . Cordón was the first neighborhood to be created outside the walls of the old Citadel of Montevideo. In its origins it was known as " El Cardal ", due to the fact that thistles ( Spanish : Cardos ) grew in the fields dedicated to the cultivation of corn. It

85-539: Is located near the obelisk, erected to commemorate his first visit to Montevideo. Across from the bus terminal is the Democracy Square , a monument erected in honour of Fructuoso Rivera , the founder of the Uruguay Colorado Party and first President of Uruguay . This Montevideo -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cord%C3%B3n Cordón

102-462: The Liga Federal in what was then known as the " Banda Oriental " ("Eastern Bank"). The barrio is the site of the national bus terminal , a major shopping centre , and several hospitals and schools . Several major monuments are also located here. One is an obelisk erected in 1930 to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's 1830 constitution . A giant cross and statue of Pope John Paul II

119-729: The Tuscan city in hopes of locating his son, and a friend from a previous visit made him a guest in her house. Searching for nearly two years, the 70-year-old Blanes died in Ms. Manetti's Vía di Mezzo residence. The city of Montevideo established the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts , and named it in his honor, in 1930; many of his best-known works are also displayed in the National Museum of Visual Arts. Washington D.C.'s General José Gervasio Artigas statue, based on Blanes' portrait,

136-654: The couple settled in Salto , where he worked as a portrait painter. They relocated to Concepción del Uruguay (across the Uruguay River , in Argentina ) in 1857, and Blanes was commissioned by Argentine President Justo José de Urquiza to complete a number of portraits, allegories and landscapes to grace his nearby estancia , the Palacio San José . Returning to Montevideo in 1861, the talented painter obtained

153-464: The current seat of the municipal government. Cordón is located to the east of Centro , so it is part of the central business district . To the northeast is Tres Cruces and to the east Pocitos . To the north are Aguada and Villa Muñoz , while to the south are Palermo and Parque Rodó . On 18 de Julio Avenue is the Plaza de los Treinta y Tres , commonly known as Plaza de los Bomberos , due to

170-602: The fact that the Centennial Fire Department is located in front of it. In the square there is a monument to the Thirty-Three Orientals , copy of a painting by national painter Juan Manuel Blanes on painted ceramic tiles, a bronze mounted statue of Juan Antonio Lavalleja , the monument to a fireman holding a baby, as well as a bronze statue of Albert Einstein discussing with the Uruguayan philosopher Carlos Vaz Ferreira , both seated on

187-539: The land marking work was carried out using laces ( Spanish : Cordones ). In January 1807 the entire area was the scene of the Battle of Cardal in the framework of the second British invasion of the River Plate . In 1892, the once English Cemetery located between 18 de Julio Avenue and Ejido, Santiago de Chile and Soriano streets was replaced by a parade ground, which in the 1950s became Montevideo City Hall ,

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204-522: The location of numerous breweries, bars, boutique restaurants, cafes, and nightclubs, as well as clothing stores and design. It was called Cordon Soho, in reference to the famous SoHo in New York . There are some important places of worship at this neighbourhood: Juan Manuel Blanes Juan Manuel Blanes (June 8, 1830 – April 15, 1901) was a Uruguayan painter of the Realist school. Blanes

221-777: The most notable was a portrait of President Máximo Santos , commissioned by friends of the ruler as a gift. The most well known from this later period, however, was Artigas en la Ciudadela , an homage to one of Uruguay's most respected early patriots, José Gervasio Artigas . This success was followed by the 1889 death of Blanes' wife, however, and he and his younger son, Nicanor, spent the next two years in Rome , where his elder son, Juan Luis, had settled. He returned to Uruguay alone, and continued to create historic and landscape art . A few years later, Juan Luis lost his life in an accident and in 1899, Nicanor disappeared in Pisa . Blanes hurried to

238-749: The recovering city. His 1872 portrait of the Argentine War of Independence hero, General José de San Martín ( The Review in Rancagua ), was also a success in Buenos Aires, and Blanes was invited to Chile to display the historic depiction. Returning to Uruguay, Blanes undertook a portrait of the " Thirty-three Easterners ", members of a revolutionary vanguard whose insurrection against Brazilian authorities resulted in Uruguayan Independence, in 1828. The portrait's 1877 display

255-524: Was a large vacant lot that extended to the other side of the wall, behind the " Ejidos ", that is, after the area of open land that was used for the defense of the Citadel. In 1765 the Spanish Crown ordered Bartolomé Mitre Martínez to delineate approximately 60 blocks for population. The area to the east of the demarcation was called " Cordón ", from which the name of the neighborhood comes, because

272-525: Was born in Montevideo , Uruguay , in 1830. He was raised by his mother, with whom he relocated to the countryside in his early teens. Blanes took an interest in drawing at this point, and shortly afterwards, was hired as an illustrator for a Montevideo news daily, El Defensor de la Independencia Americana . Earning extra income with watercolors , he returned to his mother and, in 1854, established his first atelier . He married María Linari, and in 1855,

289-641: Was followed by Blanes' second stay in Florence, where he completed The Battle of Sarandí , a depiction of another milestone in Uruguay's nationhood. These works, and his bucolic portraits of life in his homeland did not garner the interest he expected in Italy, however, and the Blaneses returned to Montevideo in the early 1880s. Blanes resumed his portrait work, which remained popular among the local gentry. Among

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