Vila Mariana () is a borough of the city of
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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. Located to the south of
Bela Vista and
Liberdade, east of
Jardim Paulista and west of
Ipiranga, it's a dynamic area of the city. Similar to its neighbor district,
Moema, it's a wealthy area and it comprises some of the most famous symbols of
São Paulo
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, like the
Ibirapuera Park
Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares 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 milli ...
, the Obelisk and Mausoleum of the heroes from the
Constitutional Revolution
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in 1932 and the "Monumento às Bandeiras", and the
Fundadores de São Paulo monument.
The district also has in its limits the headquarters of the
Federal University of São Paulo
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Until 2005, UNIFESP was exclusively for Health Sciences, but after that year the university became multis ...
and its
medicine
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school.
Until the early 20th century, it used to be a stop for chariots and horse riders on the way to
Jabaquara from the central area of São Paulo. The whole trip would take an entire day, but now it is commutable by car within less than 30 minutes.
Vila Mariana is also the area where
Athina Onassis lived, when married to Brazilian horse rider
Álvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto.
References
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Districts of São Paulo