Ibirapuera Park

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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Ibirapuera Park
Ibirapuera Park
TypeUrban park[1]
LocationSão Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates23°35′18″S 46°39′32″W / 23.58833°S 46.65889°W / -23.58833; -46.65889 (Ibirapuera Park)
Area158 hectares (390 acres; 0.61 sq mi; 1.58 km2)[2]
Created1954
Owned bySão Paulo Department of Parks and Green Areas
Operated byUrbia Parques
VisitorsMore than 18 million annually[3]
Open5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Public transit access AACD-Servidor
Websiteparqueibirapuera.org

Ibirapuera Park (Portuguese: Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares (approx. 390 acres) between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million visits in 2017.[4]

Ibirapuera Park was the first metropolitan park in São Paulo,

National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute.[7][8]

Ibirapuera is one of

Bogota, and its iconic importance to São Paulo is often internationally comparable to that of Central Park to New York City. The park is often cited as one of the most vibrant and photographed parks in the world,[9] as together with its large area for leisure, jogging and walking, it hosts a vivid cultural scene with museums, a music hall, and popular events such as São Paulo Fashion Week, congresses and trade shows. It is claimed to be the most visited urban park in South America, is listed as one of the best parks in the world,[9] and has been described as "a green oasis at the heart of a concrete jungle".[10]

The park has been managed for decades by the city of São Paulo, but the local government plans to concession all its parks' management to private hands, starting with Ibirapuera Park.

conservation actions through a capital improvement plan, engagement projects and volunteer work. Admission to the park has been free since 1954, and it is open from 5am until midnight every day.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Barone, Ana Cláudia Castilho (2007). Ibirapuera: parque metropolitano (1926–1954). Tese de Doutorado. Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo.
  2. ^ a b c "Sobre o parque - Parque Ibirapuera Conservação". Parque Ibirapuera Conservação (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Aos 67 anos, Parque do Ibirapuera atrai 18 milhões de visitantes". Prefeitura de São Paulo (in Portuguese). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. ^ Silva, Edgar. "Aos 63, Ibirapuera é o parque mais visitado da América Latina (With 63 years old, Ibirapuera park is the most visited park in Latin America)". Folha de São Paulo.
  5. ^ "Roberto Burle Marx, Oscar Niemeyer. Ibirapuera Park project, São Paulo, Brazil (Site plan). 1953 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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  7. ^ "Ibirapuera se torna patrimônio nacional". Edison Veiga (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  8. ISBN 978-1-56898-341-7
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  9. ^ a b Moore, Rowan (2015-08-07). "The 10 best parks". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  11. ^ "Sao Paulo to launch $2.3 billion privatization plan this year: mayor". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

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