# Tres Cruces

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{{For|the town in Argentina|Tres Cruces, Jujuy}}
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'''Tres Cruces''' is a ''[barrio](/source/barrio)'' (neighbourhood or district) of [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)'s capital [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo). Its name means "three crossings", referring to the three major transportation routes which intersect in the area: [Avenida 18 de Julio](/source/18_de_Julio_Avenue), [Bulevar Artigas](/source/Artigas_Boulevard) and [Avenida 8 de Octubre](/source/8_de_Octubre_Avenue). It is also the starting point of [Italia Avenue](/source/Avenida_Italia).

==Location==
Tres Cruces shares borders with [Cordón](/source/Cord%C3%B3n) to the south and to the west, with [La Comercial](/source/La_Comercial) and [Larrañaga](/source/Larra%C3%B1aga%2C_Uruguay) to the north, with [La Blanqueada](/source/La_Blanqueada) and [Parque Batlle](/source/Parque_Batlle) to the east, [Cordón](/source/Cord%C3%B3n) and [Pocitos](/source/Pocitos) to the south.

==History==
In 1813, the barrio was the site of the “Congress Tres Cruces” and the issuance of the "Instrucciones del año XIII" by [José Gervasio Artigas](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gervasio_Artigas) in an attempt to establish an independent government for the [Liga Federal](/source/Liga_Federal) in what was then known as the "[Banda Oriental](/source/Banda_Oriental)" ("Eastern Bank").

==Sites of interest==
[[File:C11f108.Globo aerostático en Tres Cruces.jpg|left|thumb|An [early hot air balloon flight](/source/History_of_ballooning) in 1904 watched by pedestrians with vehicles at Tres Cruces.]]
The barrio is the site of the [national bus terminal](/source/Tres_Cruces_bus_station), a major [shopping centre](/source/shopping_centre), and several [hospital](/source/hospital)s and [school](/source/school)s. Several major monuments are also located here. One is an [obelisk](/source/Obelisk_of_Montevideo) erected in 1930 to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's [1830 constitution](/source/Constitution_of_Uruguay). A giant cross and statue of Pope [John Paul II](/source/John_Paul_II) is located near the obelisk, erected to commemorate his first visit to Montevideo. Across from the bus terminal is the [Democracy Square](/source/Democracy_Square), a monument erected in honour of [Fructuoso Rivera](/source/Fructuoso_Rivera), the founder of the Uruguay [Colorado Party](/source/Colorado_Party_(Uruguay)) and first [President of Uruguay](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_Uruguay).

==Educational facilities==
* [Colegio y Liceo Santo Domingo](/source/Colegio_y_Liceo_Santo_Domingo%2C_Montevideo), also known as "Las Domínicas" is a private institution operated by the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [Dominican Sisters](/source/Congregation_of_the_Dominican_Sisters_of_St._Catherine_of_Siena))<ref>[http://www.santodomingo.edu.uy/home.php Dominican Sisters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816073240/http://www.santodomingo.edu.uy/home.php |date=2013-08-16 }}</ref>

==Places of worship==
* [Shrine of the Resurrected Lord](/source/Santuario_del_Se%C3%B1or_Resucitado%2C_Montevideo) ([Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic))
* [Seventh-day Adventist Church](/source/Iglesia_Adventista_del_S%C3%A9ptimo_D%C3%ADa%2C_Montevideo) ([Adventist](/source/Adventism))

== See also ==
*[Barrios of Montevideo](/source/Barrios_of_Montevideo)

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Tres Cruces}}
* [https://www.raicesuruguay.com/raices/barrio_trescruces.html Revista Raices / Historia del barrio Tres Cruces]
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