Rambla of Montevideo

The Rambla of Montevideo is the avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo, Uruguay. Since all the southern departments of Uruguay are against either the Río de la Plata or the Atlantic Ocean, they all have ramblas as well.

La Rambla, South of the Gulf of Montevideo, provides a great environment during the afternoon for all kinds of people to do a big variety of activities, such as jogging, walking, biking, drinking mate with someone, fishing, taking a sunbath, play with kites and even skateboarding and roller skateboarding in given areas for these two last activities. The avenue is highly secured by the Tourism Police Unit during the summer to keep a safe environment for the tourists there.

In the whole country building anything across the rambla on the side of the beach is regulated (which is 100% state-owned), since that would ruin the view.

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Denomination

Along the coastland of Montevideo, the Rambla, previously called Rambla Naciones Unidas in its entirety, has taken on several denominations:

Gulf of Montevideo

Ciudad Vieja (South of the Gulf)

Barrio Sur, Palermo, Parque Rodó

Punta Carretas

Pocitos

Buceo

Malvín

Punta Gorda

Carrasco

Heritage

The Rambla is an integral part of Montevidean identity. That is why it has been included by Uruguay in the Indicative List of World Heritage sites, equalling a candidacy to such a distinction.[1]

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.