Barrio Jardín is a small neighbourhood of

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, which is part of

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. It was formerly known as "Parque del Pueblo". It is delimited by España Boulevard to its north, 21 de Setiembre Avenue to its south and west and

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to its east. Directly to the north is situated the Faculty of Architecture of the

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, while to its east is the barrio

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. The park area of Parque Rodó starts directly to its south, with the Defensor Sporting Club, the Parque Rodó Infantil and the National Museum of Visual Arts just across its southern limits. On the side facing Artigas Boulevard is also situated a villa housing the Embassy of Japan.

Architecture

The architectural concept of the neighbourhood was developed by Eugenio Baroffio in the 1920s. Baroffio designed the area influenced by the European

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. In 1936, architect Gonzalo Vázquez Barriére built a set of buildings that shared features of

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: curves,

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windows, rounded stairs and balconies. The residences are located on a terrain of different reliefs, and blocks, streets, and passages are curved.

Other places with the same name in Montevideo

Barrio Jardín is also the name of a district in barrio

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, delimited by the streets Quicuyó, Tacuabé and Gabriel Velazco.

References

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