| Buceo | |
|---|---|
| — Barrio — | |
| Puerto del Buceo | |
| Street map of Buceo | |
| Location of Buceo in Montevideo | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Department | Montevideo Department |
| City | Montevideo |
Buceo is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) in Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders To the Pocitos and Villa Dolores to the west, Parque Batlle, Unión and Malvín Norte to the north, Malvín to the east and the coastline to the south. The coastal avenue along Buceo takes on the names Rambla Armenia and Rambla República de Chile. Across it is the Port of Buceo and opposite to it, a building with a pointed tower, which houses the Oceanographic Museum. After this, stretches the beach of Buceo.
Buceo is home to the biggest shopping mall of the city, the Montevideo Shopping, and to the World Trade Center of Montevideo. An architecturally important building is the Edificio Panamericano, opposite the Port of Buceo.
It is also home to Montevideo's principal marina and has a beach by the same name. It is prime for hosting sailing racing events and has in the past.
At a cemetery in Buceo, the Uruguayan Civil War and National (blanco) party leader Aparicio Saraiva (d. 1904) is buried.
Across the street is The British Cemetery, which was founded in 1828.