Casavalle is a
barrio
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of
Montevideo,
Uruguay. In the new division of Montevideo in ''Municipios'' and ''Centros Comunales Zonales'', Casavalle belongs to CCZ 11 of Municipio D.
Location
Casavalle borders the barrios
Manga, Toledo Chico and
Manga to the north,
Piedras Blancas to the east,
Las Acacias, Montevideo
Las Acacias is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Landmarks
This neighborhood is the home of Peñarol's stadium, Estadio Contador Damiani (formerly Las Acacias Stadium). Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; E ...
and
Cerrito de la Victoria
Cerrito, officially Cerrito de la Victoria, is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It ...
to the southeast, and
Peñarol - Lavalleja to the west.
Districts
According to its official website, the districts that belong to Casavalle are: Barrio Unidad Casavalle, Barrio Unidad Misiones, Barrio Borro, Borro Este, Barrio Bonomi, Barrio Municipal, Barrio Plácido Ellauri, Barrio Nuevo Ellauri, Barrio Jardines de Instrucciones. According to the same source, the limits of the barrio are: Aparicio Saravia Boulevard, Pedro de Mendoza Avenue, Camino Carlos A. López, Instrucciones Avenue and the stream
Arroyo Miguelete. According to the limits traced by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica in 2004, the
Cementerio del Norte, by far the biggest cemetery of Montevideo, as well as a small area east of Pedro de Mendoza Avenue are part of this barrio.
History
Formerly, Cassavalle was an independent village of the Montevideo department. In Casavalle have lived great personalities of the history of the Rio de la Plata, as Cap.
Jacinto Trápani, a member of the liberation campaign (33 orientales),
Pedro Casavalle and Pérez Castellanos, as well as great poets like
Ildefonso Pereda Valdés and
Fernán Silva Valdés. In 1908, mainly by the creation of Barrio Plácido Ellauri by Francisco Piria, a transformation of the locality started, which eventually integrated Casavalle to the urban area of Montevideo.
Educational facilities
*
Liceo Jubilar Juan Pablo II (private,
Roman Catholic)
*
Colegio Cristo Divino Obrero (private,
Roman Catholic,
Dehonians
The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart ( la, Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu) abbreviated SCI, also called the Dehonians, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the Catholic Church f ...
)
Colegio Cristo Divino Obrero
* Colegio Santa Bernardita (private, Roman Catholic, Dehonians
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)
Places of worship
* Parish Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Roman Catholic, Dehonians
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)
See also
*Barrios of Montevideo
The city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is divided into 62 ''barrios'' (neighborhoods or districts), each with its own identity, demographic characteristics and activities appropriate to the socio-cultural level of its inhabitants. The outer ...
References
External links
Official site
Online news of CasavalleMunicipo D
Barrios of Montevideo
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