# Buceo

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'''Buceo''' is a ''[barrio](/source/barrio)'' (neighbourhood or district) in [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay).
Buceo borders [Pocitos](/source/Pocitos) and [Villa Dolores](/source/Villa_Dolores%2C_Montevideo) to the west, [Parque Batlle](/source/Parque_Batlle), [Unión](/source/Uni%C3%B3n%2C_Montevideo) and [Malvín Norte](/source/Malv%C3%ADn_Norte) to the north, [Malvín](/source/Malv%C3%ADn) to the east and the coastline to the south.

==Description==
thumb|300px|left|Buceo's beach view 
The [Rambla of Montevideo](/source/Rambla_of_Montevideo) coastal avenue takes on the names Rambla Armenia and Rambla República de Chile along Buceo. Across it is the Port of Buceo and opposite to it, a building with a pointed tower, which houses the Oceanographic Museum. Beyond this stretches the beach of Buceo.

Buceo is home to the biggest shopping mall of the city, the [Montevideo Shopping](/source/Montevideo_Shopping), and to the [World Trade Center Montevideo](/source/World_Trade_Center_Montevideo).

An architecturally important building is the [Edificio Panamericano](/source/Edificio_Panamericano), opposite the Port of Buceo. The port is home to Montevideo's principal [marina](/source/marina) and has a beach by the same name.  It is prime for hosting sailing racing events and has in the past.

In October 2012 a monumental statue of the Korean art project ''[Greetingman](/source/Greetingman)'' was unveiled in Buceo near the seashore.

==Educational facilities==
*[Lycée Français de Montevideo](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_de_Montevideo) (private, bilingual)

==Places of worship==
* [Parish Church of St. Peter Apostle](/source/San_Pedro_Ap%C3%B3stol%2C_Montevideo), José Leguizamón 3684 ([Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic))

==Noted historical feature==
At the [Buceo Cemetery](/source/Buceo_Cemetery), the [Uruguayan Civil War](/source/Uruguayan_Civil_War) and [National (blanco) party](/source/National_Party_(Uruguay)) leader [Aparicio Saraiva](/source/Aparicio_Saraiva) (d. 1904) was buried.

Across the street is [The British Cemetery](/source/The_British_Cemetery%2C_Montevideo), which was founded in 1828.

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313135237/http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/datos-utiles/barrios/buceo-municipios-ch-y-e Intendencia de Montevideo / Useful data / Buceo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100626123716/http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/ciudad/historia/barrios/buceo Intendencia de Montevideo / Historia del Buceo]
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