Largo da Memória - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Largo da Memória - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Largo da Memória (Memory Square), formerly known as Largo dos Piques, is a historic square located in the center of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, at the beginning of 7 de Abril Street (formerly Palha Street). Representative of the urbanization of State of São Paulo, it is triangular, delimited by the streets Coronel Xavier de Toledo (formerly known as Paredão Street) and Quirino de Andrade (formerly Ladeira do Piques Street) and Ladeira da Memória Street, which gave origin to the name of the square, near Anhangabaú Valley, currently part of Bandeira Square. Built at the end of the colonial period, the square hosts the first, and therefore oldest, monument in São Paulo, the Piques Obelisk (Piques Pyramid), inaugurated in 1814. Read more on Wikipedia
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