Ibirapuera Park

São Paulo, Brazil

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

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Opening hours: 05:00-24:00
Phone: +55 11 5574-5045

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Ibirapuera Park is a 158-hectare urban park in São Paulo, Brazil, inaugurated on 21 August 1954 to commemorate the city's 400th anniversary. Originally designed with buildings by João Felipe Pereira and landscape by agronomist Otávio Teixeira Mendes, the park drew inspiration from English landscape gardens and the modern landscape vision of Roberto Burle Marx. A complex of pavilions designed by Oscar Niemeyer, Zenon Lotufo, Hélio Uchôa Cavalcanti, and others was subsequently added. The architectural interventions proved controversial, with advocates favoring a purely green space; preservation efforts in the 1990s secured heritage status for the park's gardens and green areas. In 2016, Niemeyer's building complex received national landmark designation. Today, the park ranks among Latin America's largest urban spaces and the world's most visited, attracting 14.4 million visitors in 2017, and hosting museums, concert venues, fashion weeks, and cultural events within its verdant expanse.