Ibirapuera Park

Ibirapuera Park

The Ibirapuera Park
Type Urban park
Location São Paulo
 Brazil
Area 545 acres (221 ha)
Created 1954
Status Open all year

Ibirapuera Park (Portuguese: Parque Ibirapuera) is a major urban park in São Paulo, Brazil. It has a large area for leisure, jogging and walking, as well a vivid cultural scene with museums and a music hall. Its importance to São Paulo is often comparable to that of Central Park to New York City, Golden Gate Park to San Francisco, or Ueno Park to Tokyo. Ibirapuera is one of South America's largest city parks, together with Chapultepec Park in Mexico City and Simón Bolívar Park in Bogota.

History

Inaugurated in 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the city, with buildings designed by famous architect Oscar Niemeyer and landscape by agronomist Otávio Agusto de Teixeira Mendes,[1] Ibirapuera Park covers an area of almost 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi). It is the second largest park in the city. Admission is free.

Features

Oscar Niemeyer, Auditório, Oca, Bienal

The park complex contains several buildings, most of them designed by Oscar Niemeyer. They include:

Gandhi, Praça Túlio Fontoura Sculpture by Gautam Pal
Panorama of the lake in Ibirapuera Park.
Picture Gallery
Ibirapuera Auditorium at night Bridge above the park's lake São Paulo Museum of Modern Art Oca Monumento às Bandeiras A street in Ibirapuera Park
São Paulo Art Biennial: Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion Aerial photography of the park Monument to the Bandeiras (Monumento às Bandeiras) Museum Afro Brasil View from the lake in Ibirapuera Park View from the lake in Ibirapuera Park

References

  1. Barone, Ana Cláudia Castilho. Ibirapuera: parque metropolitano (1926-1954). Tese de Doutorado. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo. 2007.P.
  2. Fitzpatrick, John (2009). "Brazil and Portugal - The Samba and the Fado". gringoes.com. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

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Coordinates: 23°35′18″S 46°39′32″W / 23.58833°S 46.65889°W / -23.58833; -46.65889 (Ibirapuera Park)

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