Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...

. 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 million visits in 2017. Ibirapuera Park was the first metropolitan park in São Paulo, designed along the lines of other great

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s built in the 20th century in major cities around the globe, but inspired on modern drafts from the landscape architect

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. It was inaugurated on 21 August 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the city of São Paulo with buildings designed by architect João Felipe Pereira and landscape by agronomist Otávio Augusto Teixeira Mendes. 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. In the 90s, its green areas were graded heritage-listed status by the city and the state of

to avoid further construction and keep its historical gardens and green open spaces preserved. In 2016, the complex of buildings designed by Niemeyer in the park were also registered as national landmark by the

National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (, IPHAN) is a heritage register of the federal government of Brazil. It is responsible for the preservation of buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites, as well as the register and ...

. Ibirapuera is one of

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's largest urban parks, together with

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and

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in Bogota, and its iconic importance to São Paulo is often internationally comparable to that of

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. The park is often cited as one of the most vibrant and photographed parks in the world, 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 as

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, congresses and trade shows. It is claimed to be the most visited

in South America, is listed as one of the best parks in the world, and has been described as "a green oasis at the heart of a concrete jungle". 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. Since 2014, the park also has the support of the

Ibirapuera Park Conservancy Founded in 2014, the Parque Ibirapuera Conservação is a nonprofit organization that identifies, preserves and enhances the natural, historical and cultural assets of Ibirapuera Park—the most visited park in the South America—and engages loca ...

(''

Parque Ibirapuera Conservação The Parque Ibirapuera Conservação (PIC) is a nonprofit organization that identifies, preserves and enhances the natural, historical and cultural assets of Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, Brazil. It also assists other Brazilian local communities ...

''), a strong community

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that supports park stewardship and

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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.

Gallery

File:Vista_do_Obelisco_de_São_Paulo_(2020)_(cropped).jpg,

Obelisk of São Paulo Obelisk of São Paulo (in Portuguese: ''Obelisco de São Paulo'') or Obelisk of Ibirapuera (in Portuguese: ''Obelisco do Ibirapuera'') is an obelisk in Ibirapuera Park in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. This monument is a symbol of the Constituti ...

File:Parque_do_Ibirapuera_com_Vila_Nova_Conseição.jpg, Ibirapuera Park with Vila Nova Conceição neighborhood in the background File:Lago do Parque do Ibirapuera.JPG, Ibirapuera Park lagoon File:Parque_do_ibirapuera_visto_do_céu.jpg, Aerial view File:Ibira_at_cnight.jpg, The park in December for

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File:Monumento_aos_Bandeirantes_(2102965109).jpg, Monument to the Bandeiras File:Museu_Afro_Brasil_(09).jpg, Museum Afro Brasil is located in the park File:Cisnes negros, Parque Ibirapuera.jpg,

Black swan The black swan (''Cygnus atratus'') is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon ...

in the park

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