- Museu Paulista
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Coordinates: 23°35′08″S 46°36′35″W / 23.585608°S 46.609678°W
Museu Paulista Established 1890 Location Ipiranga district, São Paulo, Brazil Type History and art museum Director Cecilia Helena Lorenzini de Salles Oliveira Curator Vânia Carneiro de Carvalho Website http://www.mp.usp.br The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo (commonly known in Sao Paulo as Museu do Ipiranga) is a Brazilian history museum located near where Emperor D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo, then the "Caminho do Mar," or road to the seashore. It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Brazilian Empire era.
The most famous work of art in the collection is the 1888 painting Independência ou Morte (Independence or Death) by Pedro Américo.
A few months after the Brazilian Declaration of Independence, people started to suggest a monument on the site where the declaration took place, although they were not sure about what sort of memorial construction to build. In 1884, Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi, who was hired to develop the project, chose to build an eclectic-styled construction similar to the French Palace of Versailles with impressive and perfectly manicured gardens and fountain.
See also
External links
- (Portuguese) Official website
Coordinates: 23°33′41″S 46°39′22″W / 23.56139°S 46.65611°W
São Paulo Museum of Art • São Paulo Cathedral • Edifício Itália • Paulista Avenue • Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge • Altino Arantes Building • Rua Oscar Freire • Praça da Sé • Central Zone São Paulo • Ibirapuera Park • Ibirapuera Auditorium • Liberdade • Obelisk of São Paulo • Anhembi Convention Center • Luz Station • Martinelli Building • Edifício Copan • Museu Paulista • Museum of the Portuguese Language • Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo • Estádio do Morumbi • Estádio do Pacaembu • Brooklin • Jardins • Vila Olímpia • Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
Categories:- University of São Paulo
- Museums in São Paulo (city)
- History museums in Brazil
- Museums established in 1890
- Museum stubs
- Brazilian building and structure stubs
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