Punta Carretas is a barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

(neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It shares borders with Parque Rodó

Parque Rodó

Parque Rodó is both a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the barrio itself and belongs to Punta Carretas...

 and Pocitos

Pocitos

Pocitos is an upscale beach barrio in Uruguay's capital city, Montevideo.This area is located along the banks of the Rio de la Plata. The barrio is known for its beach, Playa Pocitos, and the Rambla, or boulevard, that lies alongside it...

 to the north, while from east south and west, it is delimited by the coastline. The park called Parque Rodó with all its southern extensions (Canteras de Parque Rodó, Teatro Verano, Lago de Parque Rodó), the ground of the Faculty of Engineering, as well as the Golf Club de Montevideo contitue its west side, while its east side is home to the Punta Carretas Shopping (mall), the Sheraton Hotel, Parque Villa Biarritz and the Juan Zorrilla de San Martin Museum. Its southern part ends in the cape of Punta Carretas, also known as Punta Brava, which gives the name to the barrio. At the tip of the cape is Punta Carretas Lighthouse

Punta Carretas Lighthouse

Punta Carretas Lighthouse , also known as Punta Brava Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was erected in 1876. The lighthouse has a height of 21 meters high and its light reaches 15 miles away, with a flash every ten seconds.In 1962, the lighthouse became electric...

, built in 1876.

External links

• Intendencia de Montevideo / Useful data / Punta Carretas
• Intendencia de Montevideo / Parques y Plazas / Parque Rodó (about the park, not the barrio)
• Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Punta Carretas y Parque Rodó