Monument to the Bandeiras

Monument to the Bandeiras is a large-scale granite sculpture by the Italian-Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret at the entrance of in , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: sculpture in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Monumento do Empurra-Empurra”
  • Address: São Paulo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ibirapuera Park and Museu Afro Brasil.

Park
Photo: Stankuns, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an in . 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.

Museum
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is a history, artistic and ethnographic museum dedicated to the research, preservation, and exhibition of objects and works related to the cultural sphere of black people in Brazil. is situated 450 metres south of Monument to the Bandeiras.

Sports venue
Ginásio do Ibirapuera, officially named Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida is an indoor sporting arena located in , . The seating capacity of the arena is 11,000 people and it was opened on 25 January 1957. is situated 520 metres northeast of Monument to the Bandeiras.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paulista and Jardim Paulista.

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region is commonly used by people of São Paulo to refer to the area around Avenida . The term is subjective, as Av. crosses different neighborhoods, districts, and even different regions.

Suburb
is a district in the in the city of , . The neighbourhood of the same name, located within the district, is one of the neighbourhoods that make up the larger region of Jardins, and borders the neighbourhoods of Consolação, Cerqueira César and Paraíso.

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is a region of . It is the wealthiest region of the city on average, although it does contain some poorer areas, especially in the extreme south.

Monument to the Bandeiras

Latitude
-23.58005° or 23° 34′ 48″ south
Longitude
-46.66069° or 46° 39′ 39″ west
Inception
1953
Open location code
588MC89Q+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q2916105
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monument to the Bandeiras” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب بانديراس”
  • Chinese: “先锋旗手纪念碑”
  • French: “monument aux Drapeaux”
  • French: “Monument aux Drapeaux”
  • German: “Bandeiras-Denkmal”
  • German: “Flaggen-Denkmal”
  • German: “Monumento às Bandeiras”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הבנדיירס”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הבנדיראס”
  • Japanese: “バンデイラス記念碑”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento aos Bandeirantes”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento às Bandeiras”
  • Russian: “Монумент-ас-Бандейрас”
  • Slovenian: “Spomenik bandeirantom”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a las Bandeiras”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a las Banderas”
  • Tamil: “கொடிகளுக்கான நினைவுச்சின்னம்”
  • Turkish: “Bandeiras Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент Бандейрас”
  • Ukrainian: “Монументу-ас-Бандейрас”
  • Ukrainian: “Монументу-дас-Бандейрас”
  • “Monument to the Bandeiras”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Praça Armando de Sales de Oliveira and Praça Pastor Rubens Lopes.

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