Punta Gorda | |
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Barrio | |
Plaza de la Armada | |
Street map o Punta Gorda | |
Location o Punta Gorda in Montevideo | |
Coordinates: 34°53′30″S 56°4′55″W / 34.89167°S 56.08194°WCoordinates: 34°53′30″S 56°4′55″W / 34.89167°S 56.08194°W | |
Kintra | Uruguay |
Depairtment | Montevideo Depairtment |
Ceety | Montevideo |
Punta Gorda is a barrio (neebourheid or destrict) o Montevideo, Uruguay. It takes its name frae the promontory o Punta Gorda.
It borders Malvín tae the west, Las Canteras tae the northwast, Carrasco Norte an Carrasco tae the northeast an the coastline tae the sooth. The coastal avenue alang Punta Gorda taks on the names Rambla O'Higgins an Rambla República de Méjico, athort which are the beaches Playa de los Ingleses an Playa Verde.
On tap o the promontory is a square which is a pairk an aw, the Plaza de la Armada (umwhile kent as Plaza Virgilio) an it is a tourist hotspot. Anither notable sicht is the Molino de Perez, a historic wattermill, nou hoosin a cultural centre.
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