Monument to the Bandeiras

Local nameMonumento às Bandeiras
LocationMoema, São Paulo, Brazil

Monument to the Bandeiras is a large-scale granite sculpture by the Italian-Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret at the entrance of Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, Brazil. It was commissioned by the government of São Paulo in 1921 and completed in 1954. It commemorates the 17th-century bandeiras, or settling expeditions into the interior of Brazil, and the bandeirantes that participated in them. The monument is huge and in a prominent location, making it an easily identifiable part of the landscape of São Paulo.The monument was erected in the south-central area of the city in the Praça Armando de Salles Oliveira, opposite the Palácio 9 de Julho, headquarters of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Bandeiras

Phone +55 11 3241 5822

Address Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil

Coordinates -23°34'48.139" N -46°39'38.461" E

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