Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square

Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square
Public square
Praça dos Arcos, Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square
Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square Location of Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square in Brazil
Coordinates: 23°33′17.3″S 46°39′50.34″W / 23.554806°S 46.6639833°WCoordinates: 23°33′17.3″S 46°39′50.34″W / 23.554806°S 46.6639833°W
Country	Brazil
State	São Paulo
City	São Paulo
District	Consolação

Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square (Portuguese: Praça Marechal Cordeiro de Farias) is a square located in the Higienópolis neighborhood of the district of Consolação, São Paulo, Brazil.^[1] It begins at the terminus of Paulista Avenue, and has corners on Minas Gerais, Itápolis avenues and Angelica street. The square is named after the Marshal Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias (1901-1981), a Brazilian revolutionary, politician, and former governor of the State of Rio Grande do Sul.

Marechal Cordeiro de Farias Square is also known as the "Square of Arches" (Praça dos Arcos) due to the sculpture of Lilian Amaral and Jorge Bassani titled Arcos ou Caminho. It consists of twelve rainbow-colored arches from which the public can enter and exit. The work was commissioned to celebrate the centenary of Paulista Avenue in December 1991.^[2] The square has a bicycle parking facility and is noted as a terminus of the emerging bicycle routes of São Paulo.^[3][4]

References

1. "Cracolândia surge na Avenida Paulista, área nobre de São Paulo". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo Comunicação e Participações. 18 Dec 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
2. "Detalhe sobre o Monumento: Caminhos" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Monumentos de São Paulo. 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
3. "Secretaria Municipal de Transportes entrega a ciclovia da Avenida Bernardino de Campos" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia de Engenharia de Tráfego. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
4. "Novo bicicletário da Paulista fica em cruzamento estratégico de ciclovias" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Vá de Bike. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-23.