| Ibirapuera Park | |
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 Ibirapuera Park | |
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| Type | Urban park[1] |
| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°35′18″S46°39′32″W / 23.58833°S 46.65889°W /-23.58833; -46.65889 (Ibirapuera Park) |
| Area | 158 hectares (390 acres; 0.61 sq mi; 1.58 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1954 |
| Owned by | São Paulo Department of Parks and Green Areas |
| Operated by | Urbia Parques |
| Visitors | More than 18 million annually[3] |
| Open | 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. |
| Public transit access |   AACD-Servidor |
| Website | parqueibirapuera |
Ibirapuera Park (Portuguese:Parque Ibirapuera) is anurban park inSão 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,[1] designed along the lines of other greatEnglish landscape gardens built in the 20th century in major cities around the globe, but inspired on modern drafts from the landscape architectRoberto Burle Marx.[5] It was inaugurated on 21 August 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the city of São Paulo[2] with buildings designed by architect João Felipe Pereira and landscape by agronomist Otávio Augusto Teixeira Mendes.[6] The construction of several pavilions in the park was controversial when the park was designed, and group of people advocated for an exclusively green park rather than one that included buildings.[1] In the 90s, its green areas were graded heritage-listed status by the city and the state ofSão Paulo to avoid further construction and keep its historical gardens and green open spaces preserved. In 2016, the complex of buildings designed byOscar Niemeyer, alongside Zenon Lotufo,Hélio Uchôa Cavalcanti, and others, in the park were also registered as national landmark by theNational Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute.[7][8]
Ibirapuera is one ofLatin America's largest urban parks, together withChapultepec Park inMexico City andSimón Bolívar Park inBogotá, and its iconic importance to São Paulo is often internationally comparable to that ofCentral Park inNew 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 asSão Paulo Fashion Week, congresses and trade shows. It is claimed to be the most visitedurban 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.[11] Since 2014, the park also has the support of theIbirapuera Park Conservancy (Parque Ibirapuera Conservação), a strong communitynonprofit that supports park stewardship andconservation 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]
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