Paso de las Duranas


Paso de las Duranas is a cultural center of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Location

It is located in the neighborhood Aires Puros, between Belvedere and Sayago to the northwest, Lavalleja to the north and Prado to the south.

Landmarks

Paso de las Duranas is home to the National Museum of Anthropology 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 has been transformed by the city to a museum.

Educational facilities