Parque Rodó
Barrio in Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Parque Rodó is both a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the barrio itself and belongs to Punta Carretas. The name "Rodó" has been given in memory of José Enrique Rodó, an important Uruguayan writer whose monument is in the southern side of the main park.
01The park
On the north side of the main park is an artificial lake with a little castle housing a municipal library for children. An area to its west is used as an open-air exhibition of photography.
Apart from the main park area which is delimited by Sarmiento Avenue to the south, Parque Rodó includes an amusement park, the Estadio Luis Franzini, belonging to Defensor Sporting, the front lawn of the Faculty of Engineering, and a stripe West of the Club de Golf del Uruguay which includes the Canteras del Parque Rodó (the quarry of), the Teatro de Verano and the Lago del Parque Rodó (the lake of).
02The barrio
Parque Rodó barrio shares borders with Palermo to the west, Cordón to the north, Pocitos to the east and Punta Carretas to the east and south. Directly west of the main park area, is the former Parque Hotel, now the Mercosur building, which houses the Mercosur Secretariat of the Mercosur Parliament. It is also home to the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad de la República. The pocket neighbourhood Barrio Jardín is part of this barrio. On the east side of the main park area is the National Museum of visual Arts.
03Places of worship
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Parque Rodó”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Faculty of Architecture Montevideo.jpg by Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Parque Rodo.png by Dr. Blofeld, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2016 Uruguay Parque Rodó - fuente.jpg by Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2016 Montevideo patos en el lago de las canteras del Parque Rodó.jpg by Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Monumento a José Enrique Rodó.jpg by Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0
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