General Osório Square ( Portuguese: ''Praça General Osório'') is a square in

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. The square is bordered to the north by Rua Visconde de Pirajá, the main commercial street in Ipanema; Rua Jangadeiros to the east; Rua Prudente de Morais to the south, which extends west from the square; and the small Rua Teixeira de Melo to the west. General Osório Square was designed by

José Antônio Moreira Filho, 2nd Baron of Ipanema José Antônio Moreira Filho, the second baron with grandee of Ipanema (27 August 1830 — 27 February 1899), was a Brazilian nobleman and businessman in real estate. He was the son of José Antônio Moreira, the first count of Ipanema, and of La ...

(1830–1899), founder of Vila Ipanema, the precursor to the present-day neighborhood. The square was formerly called Praça Ferreira Viana, and later Praça Marechal Floriano Peixoto, In 1922 it was renamed in honor of

Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval (May 10, 1808 – October 4, 1879) was a Brazilian military officer, monarchist and politician. A member of the Imperial Army at the age of fifteen, he climbed all the posts of the military hierarchy of h ...

(1808–1879), a Brazilian military officer during the

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. Saracuras Fountain, designed by Valentim da Fonseca e Silva in 1796 at the Convento da Ajuda, was moved to the square in 1911 after the demolition of the convent. The square was home to a

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titled "Flags at General Osório Square" (''Bandeiras na Praça General Osório'') in February 1968. Numerous artists of the period, including

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, Flávio Mota, Carlos Scliar,

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, and others, decorated the square with textile art on the eve of Carnival. While the happening was not overtly political and attracted little attention from the military police, it closely predated the murder of

Edson Luís de Lima Souto Edson Luís de Lima Souto (; February 24, 1950 – March 28, 1968) was a Brazilian teenage student killed by the Military Police (Brazil), military police of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro after a confrontation in the restaurant Calabou� ...

in March 1968 and the subsequent

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against the violence of the military regime. The Sunday Hippie Fair (''Feira Hippie de Ipanema'') at General Osório Square, a weekly art fair, dates to the same year.

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, the terminal station of Line 1 of the

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, opened in December 2009 northeast of the square.

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