Bolívar, Montevideo

Bolívar is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Mercado Modelo–Bolívar.

Bolívar shares borders with Brazo Oriental to the northwest, Cerrito to the north, Pérez Castellanos to the northeast, Unión to the southeast, Jacinto Vera to the south.

It is site to the Liberty Building and the Parque de las Esculturas, a park with a permanent display of modern sculptures.

The barrio is home to the Mercado Modelo, a formed market hall, as well as to several big cold storage units, such as the Frigorifico Modelo and the Frigorifico Uruguayo. The former market was refurbished to a popular entertainment center.

• Colegio y Liceo Corazón de María (private, Roman Catholic, Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King)^[1]

• Church of the Holy Apostles (Roman Catholic, Pallottine Fathers)

• Barrios of Montevideo