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Obelisk of São Paulo

monument in São Paulo, Brazil

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ2914792 ↗
Source-derived summary

Obelisk of São Paulo (in Portuguese: Obelisco de São Paulo) or Obelisk of Ibirapuera (in Portuguese: Obelisco do Ibirapuera) is an obelisk in Ibirapuera Park in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

This monument is a symbol of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, and the biggest monument of the city of São Paulo. The height of the monument is 72 meters (236 ft 3 in). The construction of the monument was started in 1947 and completed in 1970.

The obelisk is a project of the Italian-Brazilian sculptor Galileo Ugo Emendabili, who arrived in Brazil in 1923. The obelisk, made with pure travertine marble, was inaugurated on July 9, 1955, one year after the inauguration of Ibirapuera Park.

See also

Obelisco de Buenos Aires

References

Obelisco do Ibirapuera: Prefeitura e Estado unidos em prol do restauro (in Portuguese)

Ibirapuera Park Official website.. Managed by Ibirapuera Park Management Council, it allows civil society to interact with Park's Administration.

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The public source identifies “Obelisk of São Paulo” as monument in São Paulo, Brazil. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Obelisk, Paulo and monument.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1932, 1947, 1970, 1923—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-07-09. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Obelisk, Paulo and monument providing the first useful test.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2914792. Authority coordinates are -23.585, -46.655. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1932, 1947, 1970 and 1923.

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This entry incorporates text from “Obelisk of São Paulo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.