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| Coordinates:34°54′46″S56°11′19″W / 34.91278°S 56.18861°W /-34.91278; -56.18861 | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Montevideo Department |
| City | Montevideo |
Barrio Sur is abarrio (neighbourhood or district) ofMontevideo,Uruguay. It bordersCiudad Vieja to the west, thecentral business district to the north,Palermo to the east and the coastline to the south.
Politically located in theMunicipality B, along withPalermo, it is the place where most of theUruguayan Carnival festivities take place.[1] In the first half of the 20th century, the neighbourhood became amelting pot of different cultures, due to the immigrants who settled in the area.
The neighborhood emerged in the first half of the 19th century, when the city walls were demolished, and a part of the population –mainlyAfro-Uruguayans, who had been freed after the abolition of slavery in 1842– began to settle in the southern area of the city, living intenements calledconventillos, such as theMediomundo.[2]
The first inhabitants of the neighborhood maintained some of the rituals of their countries of origin. From these rituals theCandombe was born. Starting at the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th century, the area was inhabited by thousands ofEuropean immigrants.[3] Due to this, the neighborhood became amelting pot of Afro-Uruguayan,Spanish,Italian, andJewish cultures.[4]
The southwest area of the neighborhood was part ofEl Bajo, an urban area that also included part of the south of Ciudad Vieja, and which contained a large number of cabarets and brothels.[5] It was demolished in the 1930s due to the construction of the southrambla.[6]
Barrio Sur remains connected to Afro-Uruguay culture to this day. It is central to theCarnival festivities andCandombe is regularly played during the weekends.[7]
In 2022, the mayor of Montevideo,Carolina Cosse, proposed renaming a street in Barrio Sur to honor the LGBT rights activist andtravesti,Gloria Meneses.[8][9][10][11]
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