The Parque Posadas is a large apartments' complex placed in the geographical centre of Montevideo

Montevideo

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, Uruguay

Uruguay

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. It was built between 1969 and 1973, their firsts apartments were given that same year, although the official inauguration of the complex was August 25, 1975. It has a communal hall, a library

Library

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, a shopping mall

Shopping mall

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 and a school

School

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. On the Parque Posadas environs there are many residences and old houses, a highschool, and several commerces, like bakeries, restaurants, ice cream shops and a big supermarket

Supermarket

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The complex is formed by 10 blocks of buildings, each one of which are formed, as well, by 6 or 7 towers of 13, 14 or 15 floors, depending on the inclination of its internal streets.
More than 7000 people live in the 2051 apartments of 1, 2, 3 or 4 rooms of each one of the 61 towers that occupy the Park, who has an 11 hectare

Hectare

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s (3.4 km²) area.