Unión, Montevideo
Unión is a neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Location
Unión shares borders with Mercado Modelo and Villa Española to the northwest, Maroñas to the northeast, Malvín Norte to the east, Buceo and Parque Batlle to the south and La Blanqueada and Larrañaga to the southwest.
History
Unión's history started in 1845, during General Oribe's siege of Montevideo, which at the time was little more than the actual Ciudad Vieja, by the creation of the Tribunal of Unión in the area. In 1849, Oribe founded here a village called "Restauración". After the end of the civil war, its status was elevated from "Pueblo" (village) to "Villa" (town), which was renamed to "Villa de la Unión" by Decree of 11 November 1851.[1]
Educational facilities
- Colegio y Liceo Santa Luisa de Marillac (private, established 1919 by the Vicentian Sisters, lay since 1993)[2]
Places of worship
- Sanctuary of the Miraculous Medal and St. Augustine, popularly known as "Iglesia de la Unión" (Roman Catholic, Congregation of the Mission)
- Parish Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Cajetan (Roman Catholic)
- Parish Church of St. Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)
Bibliography
- Assunção, Fernando O.; Bombet Franco, Iris (1991). La Unión. Cuadernos del Boston (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Montevideo.
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See also
References
External links
- Intendencia de Montevideo / Historia de Unión
- Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Unión
- Correo Uruguayo Stamp for the 150 years from the foundation of Villa de la Restauración, including notes on the history of Unión by Rubens D. Calabria.
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- Ciudad Vieja
- Centro
- Barrio Sur
- Aguada
- Villa Muñoz
- Cordón
- Palermo
- Parque Rodó
- Tres Cruces
- La Comercial
- Larrañaga
- La Blanqueada
- Parque Batlle–Villa Dolores
- Pocitos
- Punta Carretas
- Unión
- Buceo
- Malvín
- Malvín Norte
- Las Canteras
- Punta Gorda
- Carrasco
- Carrasco Norte
- Bañados de Carrasco
- Flor de Maroñas
- Maroñas–Parque Guaraní
- Villa Española
- Ituzaingó
- Pérez Castellanos
- Mercado Modelo–Bolívar
- Brazo Oriental
- Jacinto Vera
- La Figurita
- Reducto
- Capurro–Bella Vista
- Prado–Nueva Savona
- Atahualpa
- Aires Puros
- Paso de las Duranas
- Belvedere
- La Teja
- Tres Ombúes–Pueblo Victoria
- Villa del Cerro
- Casabó–Pajas Blancas
- La Paloma–Tomkinson
- Paso de la Arena–Los Bulevares–Santiago Vázquez
- Nuevo París
- Conciliación
- Sayago
- Peñarol–Lavalleja
- Colón Centro y Noroeste
- Lezica–Melilla
- Colón Sudeste–Abayubá
- Manga–Toledo Chico
- Casavalle
- Cerrito de la Victoria
- Las Acacias
- Jardines del Hipódromo
- Piedras Blancas
- Manga
- Punta de Rieles–Bella Italia
- Villa García–Manga Rural
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