Country Brazil State São Paulo Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2) Local time Monday 4:08 AM | Region Southeast Region Elevation 1,200 m (3,900 ft) Postal code 14350-000 | |
Weather 18°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 99% Humidity | ||
Altin polis na pra a
Altinópolis is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population is 16,179 (2015 est.) in an area of 929 km². The city is known for its sights, like the Praça das Esculturas, and its wide variety of caves and waterfalls.
Contents
- Altin polis na pra a
- Map of AltinC3B3polis State of SC3A3o Paulo Brazil
- Chuva no natal de altin polis
- Tourism
- Vaccarini Bassano sculpture park
- References
Map of Altin%C3%B3polis, State of S%C3%A3o Paulo, Brazil
Chuva no natal de altin polis
Tourism
Altinópolis has five rivers and 35 waterfalls. One of them is 72 meters high.
There are eight caves regularly visited by tourist, highlighted by the Itambé Cave with a façade of 28 meters and some 350 meters of galleries. The Department of Tourism gives visitors the necessary information and support. The ranking of the city was high in the last Hall of São Paulo Tourism.
For those interested in art, there are the works of Vaccarini Bassano (1914 - 2002).
Vaccarini Bassano sculpture park
Altinópolis is home to a large group of sculptures of Vaccarini Bassano (1914-2002). He was born in Milan, Italy and arrived in Brazil after World War II and chose Altinópolis for his workshop in 1980. Praça das Esculturas (Sculpture Square), which covers 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) at the highest point of the city, houses 42 of Vaccarini's works. The sculpture park opened in 1992.
Besides being a professor of Visual Arts at FAU-USP (São Paulo) and Unaerp (in Ribeirao Preto, where he lived), it was a costume designer, set designer, director of the Brazilian Comedy Theater.