Praça Armando Salles de Oliveira s/n - Parque do Ibirapuera - Zona Sul Sao Paulo SP Brazil
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1921
Finished
1953
Units / Rooms
1
Building Uses
- monument
Structural Types
- statue
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Spire
52 ft
Condephat
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Description Sculptor & Artist: Victor Brecheret
Of authorship of Victor Brecheret inaugurated together with the Park Ibirapuera for the commemorations of the fourth centenary of city foundation, the monument represents the memory to Portuguese pioneers and to an Indian guide among several etnic people in the effort to explore the country. There is also the representation of other races that participated of the flags, like the black men and half-breeds, all in an union of force to load the canoe off the monsoons.
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