Rua XV de Novembro (15 November Street) is one of the major streets in downtown

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. Also known as ''Rua das Flores'' (Flower Street), it is one of the first major pedestrian streets in

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. It was inaugurated in 1972, with well-tended pots of flowers and tourist restaurants installed in hundred-year-old buildings. The transformation of the street was one of the first projects of the mayor of Curitiba,

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, who was an urban planner. It is named for the Proclamation of the Republic, which took place on . It is very common to see every kind of artistic performances, such as

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and

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s who interact with those who pass by, musicians, magicians and other miscellaneous performers, such as the Statue Man.

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