Farroupilha Park
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Urban park
An urban park, is also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space or municipal gardens , is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality...
in the city of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
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, in Brazil
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The park was designed by French architect Alfred Agache
Alfred Agache (architect)
Alfred Hubert Donat Agache , sometimes called Alfredo Agache, formally planned the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Porto Alegre and Curitiba in the 1940s and 1950s, supported by the Estado Novo fascist regime in Brazil...
and founded in September 19, 1935.
Near to the Centro Histórico
Centro, Porto Alegre
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(Historic Centre), Farroupilha Park is located within a polygon
Polygon
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formed by José Bonifácio, João Pessoa, Luiz Englert, Setembrina and Osvaldo Aranha Avenue
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History
The site where the park is located was formerly called Várzea do Portão, a large flooded lowlands close to the old gate to Porto Alegre. On February 23, 1807 the City Council requested the Governor of the Province, Paulo José da Silva Gama, to donate the land to be used as public area, as well as a focus area for herds of cattle brought for local supply. However, its measurement would only be effectively carried out between 1820 and 1825.After it's donation to the city it suffered several attempts of alteration of its primary goals, which have always been hindered by the government. During the Farroupilha Revolution the Várzea was outside the city's fortifications, and after the end of the conflict an inspection found several irregularities, such as fences advancing their territory and built a mansion at its center, all was immediately demolished. In the years that followed, government and private individuals tried to split the ground to give it other uses, always finding opposition. In 1870 the Lowland received its first official name, changing its name to Campo do Bonfim, in view of the construction of Capela do Bonfim (Lord Jesus Chapel of the Good End, Chapel Bonfim) on its northern boundary. There were also subsequent threats to the integrity of the area, all frustrated, and in 1872 the President of the Province authorized the construction of a military base in its southeastern limit, being the source of the current Colégio Militar de Porto Alegre (Military School of Porto Alegre).
The site was also used as a drying area for leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
, a meeting place for carts and as a deposit of the municipal waste until mid-1890, in spite of contrary opinions Hygiene of the Board of the Province. In 1884 the street had its name changed toCampos da Redenção (Fields of Redemption), celebrating the early abolition of slavery
Slavery
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in the city.
In 1927 the actual landscaping of the Campos da Redenção began, with the implementation of the Jardim Paulo Gama garden to the north and the banning of the parade of carts and herds in 1928. In 1935 for the centenary celebrations of the Revolução Farroupilha (War of the Ragamuffins), the entire southern part of the field was drained, flushed and urbanized, following the desings of French architect Alfred Agache
Alfred Agache (architect)
Alfred Hubert Donat Agache , sometimes called Alfredo Agache, formally planned the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Porto Alegre and Curitiba in the 1940s and 1950s, supported by the Estado Novo fascist regime in Brazil...
. This year its name was changed to it's current name Parque Farroupilha.
Araujo Viana Auditorium
Auditorium for concerts, performances and meetings. Designed by architects Moacir Moojen e Carlos Fayet, was inaugurated in MarchMarch
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1964, making it an important space for cultural events.
Brique da Redenção
Every Sunday from 9:00 am the Porto Alegrenses have their favorite outing in Brique da Redenção.There are dozens of stalls selling crafts, Arts, Souvenirs, Food and Antiques, all along the Avenida Jose Bonifacio.
The Park is full of people walking, talking and taking thir mate
Mate
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, especially on sunny mornings.
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Recanto da Ilha
The dock in the little lake inside the park, was located where now stands the Cafeteria. Recently, in 2001, the pier was transferred to the other side, where there is the Belvedere, in the middle of the lake on an island, which is reached through a beautiful bridge.There are paddle boats that are rented from the wharf at the box office, in March/2004 they were renovated and have buoys and life jackets now, there are boats for 2, 3 and 4 people, some in the shape of swans.
Monumento ao Expedicionário
Inaugurated in June 16, 1957, the Monument to the Expeditionary, made of granite with a double Arc de Triomphe, with 12.50 m in height, is home to the Pira da Pátria, an important point of the celebrations of the Independence of Brazil, September 7, and the War of the Ragamuffins, on September 20.After World War II the Brazilian Expeditionary Force members who had fought against the Axis on the Italian front returned to Brazil, and the country multiplied in tribute to the GIs and their deeds. Porto Alegre was no exception, especially as many gaucho soldiers and officers had participated in the war.
So in 1946 there was a competition for projects and models of a "Arc de Triomphe" to honor the BEF and its soldiers.