Jacinto Vera, Montevideo

Jacinto Vera
Barrio
Monument to Luis Batlle Berres
Street map of Jacinto Vera
Location of Jacinto Vera in Montevideo
Coordinates: 34°52′32″S 56°10′13″W
Country	Uruguay
Department	Montevideo Department
City	Montevideo

Jacinto Vera is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, named after Jacinto Vera (1813 - 1881), the first Catholic bishop of Montevideo. It is home to the ex-Military School, now the Army Command.

Location

Jacinto Vera shares borders with La Figurita to the west, Brazo Oriental and Bolívar to the north, Larrañaga to the east and La Comercial to the south. At the northeast edge of the barrio is the square around which Artigas Boulevard "folds" 90 degrees and on which is the famous Monument to Luis Batlle Berres.

Places of worship

• Saint Antoninus Church, Caraguatay 2086 (Roman Catholic, Dehonians)

See also

• Barrios of Montevideo

Gallery

• 
  Comando del Ejército
• 
  St. Antoninus Church

External links

• La Republica / Barrio Jacinto Vera
• Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Jacinto Vera
• Espacio Latino / Jacinto Vera
• "Rincones de Montevideo", Jacinto Vera
• The masacre of Jacinto Vera 1994