Paso de las Duranas is a ''cultural center'' in

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Location

It is located in

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, between

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and Sayago to the northwest,

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to the north and Prado to the south.

Landmarks

Paso de las Duranas is home to the

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and to the Museo de la Memoria, which is dedicated to the history of the fight of the Uruguayan people against the repression of the dictatorship. In its east side it also contains the northmost edge of the Prado park, where the former building of the Sociedad Nativista was transformed into a museum.

Educational facilities

* Colegio y Liceo Mariano (private,

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Places of worship

* Church of the Immaculate Conception, Casaravilla 867 esq. Av. Millán; popularly known as "Iglesia de Paso de las Duranas" (

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