Jardim da Luz
Image of Praça da Luz in 2006, taken from the third floor of the Museum of the Portuguese Language
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Location	São Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates	23°31′59″S 46°38′06″W / 23.533°S 46.635°W / -23.533; -46.635
Area	2 ha (4.9 acres)

Jardim da Luz (also: Praça da Luz or Parque da Luz) is a public park near the Luz station and Avenida Tiradentes in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo. The headquarters of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is located in the southeastern corner of the park.

History

Originally created in 1798 as a botanical garden, the garden was transformed into a public park only in 1938, initially only serving as a big pasture for cattle and cows.^[1]

In 1900 was inaugurated the headquarters of Liceu de Artes e Ofícios de São Paulo, a building that nowadays holds the Pinacoteca do Estado.

During a big part of the 20th century, Jardim da Luz passed through a period of severe degradation, serving as a zone of prostitution and drug trafficking. The state government has since revitalized the central region of the city through a series of reforms, including installation of sculptures in the park, a remodel of the Pinacoteca do Estado, and increased police supervision of the area.

Sculptures

Image	Name	Creator	Year	Material	Category on Commons	Monument identifier	Sculpture identifier
	Botão de Rosa, Carneiro, Cisne, Flor Redonda, Papoula, Pássaro Imaginário e Tulipa	Odette Eid		aluminum	Botão de Rosa, Carneiro, Cisne, Flor Redonda, Papoula, Pássaro Imaginário e Tulipa	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Carregadora de Perfume	Victor Brecheret	1998	bronze	Carregadora de Perfume	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Chafariz (Delfins)			marble	Chafariz (Delfins)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Colar	Lygia Reinach	2000	ceramic	Colar (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Craca	Nuno Ramos			Craca (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Diana			bronze	Diana (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Encounter and mismatch	Arcangelo Ianelli	2002	marble	Encontro e Desencontro
	Escultura 1			marble masonry		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Escultura 2			marble masonry		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Escultura 3			marble masonry		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Escultura 4			marble masonry
	Escultura Lúdica	León Ferrari		steel wood		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Espaço vibração	Yutaka Toyota		steel concrete	Espaço Vibração	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Figura Heráldica	Liuba Wolf		bronze	Figura Heráldica (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Fita amarela	Franz Weissmann		iron		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Fita vermelha	Franz Weissmann		iron	Fita Vermelha (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Fóssil	Sonia von Brüsky		granite	Fóssil (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Garfo	Ana Maria Tavares		steel polyurethane		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Homem Pássaro	Nicolas Vlavianos		steel	Homem Pássaro (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Impossível	Maria Martins		bronze		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	In search of light	Maria Martins		bronze	À Procura da Luz	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Luíza	Sonia Ebling		bronze	Luiza (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Moça no espelho	Bruno Giorgi		bronze		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi	Emilio Gallori	1910-05-01	bronze granite	Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi (São Paulo)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	OC	Caciporé Torres		steel	OC (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Oração	Karoly Pichler		iron	Oração (Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Passado Presente Pietá	Nair Kremer	1984	steel neon lamp	Passado Presente Pietá	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Pincelada Tridimensional	Marcello Nitsche		iron polyurethane	Pincelada Tridimensional	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Piramidal 34	Ascânio MMM		aluminum	Piramidal 34	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Placa Marco			granite	Placa Marco	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Planta	Nicolas Vlavianos		steel		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Amilcar de Castro - Parque da Luz)	Amílcar de Castro		steel	Sem título (Amilcar de Castro/Jardim da Luz) 02	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Amilcar de Castro/Pq da Luz)	Amílcar de Castro		steel	Sem título (Amilcar de Castro/Jardim da Luz) 01	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem Título (Angelo Venosa)	Angelo Venosa		steel	Sem título (Ângelo Venosa)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Arthur Lescher)	Artur Lescher		steel	Sem título (Artur Lescher)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Caíto)	Caíto		steel	Sem título (Caíto/Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Carlito Carvalhosa)	Carlito Carvalhosa		cement	Sem título (Carlito Carvalhosa)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem Título (Elisa Bracher)	Elisa Bracher		wood	Sem título (Elisa Bracher/Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Ivens Machado)	Ivens Machado		reinforced concrete	Sem título (Ivens Machado/Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (José Bento)	José Bento		wood		Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (José Resende/Pq da Luz)	José Resende		weathering steel granite steel	Sem título (José Resende/Jardim da Luz)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Macaparama)	José de Souza Oliveira Filho		steel	Sem título (Macaparama)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Marcelo Silveira)	Marcelo Silveira		wood aluminum	Sem título (Marcelo Silveira)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Sem título (Sérvulo Esmeraldo)	Sérvulo Esmeraldo		steel	Sem título (Sérvulo Esmeraldo)	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	The Boy and the Fish	G. Giorgio Filho		marble	O Menino e o Peixe	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	The Twinkling Forest (Floresta Cintilante)	Nobuo Mitsunashi		ceramic glass fiber wood lead	The Twinkling Forest	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Três Jovens	Lasar Segall		bronze	Três Jovens	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
	Vôo do Pássaro	Liuba Wolf		bronze	Vôo do Pássaro	Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine

References