Shopping Curitiba -6 blocks away on Avenida Sete de Setembro Shopping Crystal Shopping Parque Barigui With an area of 1.4 million square meters, it is one of the biggest parks of the city and definitely the most visited. It is located at BR-277 - Rodovia do Cafe, Km 0 - Bigorrilho Opera de Arame Theatre with Metal Structure Botanical Gardens Curitiba0s trademark, created to resemble French gardens, rolls out its flower carpet to the visitors right at the entrance. The greenhouse, with a metallic structure, has botanic species that are national reference, and also a water fountain. Japan Square Located across from the hotel. In 1993 the Japanese Portal, the Culture House and the Tea House were built. It is located at Sete de Setembro Ave, junction with Rep. Argentina Ave. German Wood There are 38 thousand square meters of native forest. The replica of an old wooden church, built in 1933 at the Seminario neighbourhood, with neo-gothich decorative elements, shelters a concert hall called Bach0s Oratorium. Pope's Wood Polish immigration memorial, inaugurated on 13th of December, 1980, following the visit from Pop John Paul II to Curitiba, on the previous July. Portugal Wood Homage to the Portuguese-Brazilian bonds, this space is highlighted by a track following a small brook, where one can see drawn on tiles excerpts from famous Portuguese language poets, as well as a tribute to the great Portuguese navigators Memory Fountain Authored by Ricardo Tod, the horse head in bronze pays homage to the old immigrant colonists, who with their carts sell their agricultural products at the centre. It is located at Garibaldi Square - Sao Francisco. Arab Memorial Paying homage to the Mid-Eastern culture it contains 140 square meters of built area. The Memorial has a cube shape and is placed over a water mirror. Inside the building, over a marble base is a sculpture representing the writer Gibran Kalil Gibran. Curitiba Memorial A space for art and folklore, information and memory, the past and the future. Built on an irregular land, the architectural project allows the creation of spaces and functional and creative installations. Opera de Areme / Pedreiras Park It is one of the emblematic symbols of Curitiba, the Opera is part of the Pedreiras Park, together with the Paulo Leminski Cultural Space, where the Passion of Christ was enacted. Rosicrucian Order The temple is part of an architectural complex of six buildings in Egyptian style, a homage to the first members who would get together in the secret chambers of the great pyramid. Iguacu Park/ Zoo It is the largest urban park in Brazil, over 1000 animals from 80 species can be seen: South America birds, reptiles and mammals from many different origins. It is located at Mal. Floriano Avenue. Public Promenade The first public park in Curitiba, transforming a marsh in a leisure area, with lakes, bridges and islands within the green area. Pioneer zoo in Curitiba. Tangua Park Inaugurated in November 1996, it has a total area of 450 thousand square feet. Contains two quarries linked by a 45 meters long tunnel, which could be crossed by a pathway over the water. Tingui Park Part of the biggest linear environmental park in the Country. Tiradentes Square In this area, on the 29th of March, 1693, Curitiba was founded. It is an important public transport terminal and is a permanent meeting point, bringing fond memories to the common curitibano. 24 Horas Street The Street that never sleeps is the synthesis of a city which also never sleeps. It is 120 meters long and 12 meters wide. There are 34 shops Sao Francisco Ruins A space surrounded by fables, at Joao Candido Square. it is filled with leisure and business spaces, stage and grandstand, forming the 0Ruins0 Arcades0. Santa Felicidade Neighbourhood where some of the first Italian immigrants arriving in Parana settled, where they dedicated themselves to the agricultural production, planting herbs, wine and cheese making and willow tress. Historic Area Complex with the oldest buildings in the city. On Sunday mornings, the variety of buildings make the setting for the Crafts Fair with live music. It is located at Largo da Ordem / Praca Coronel Eneas, Praca Garibaldi - Sao Francisco. Guaira Theatre Live memory from the multi-faceted culture of the curitibanos, it is one of the biggest theatres in Latin America. There are three auditoriums, the biggest of them with 2173 seats. Merces Tower It is at the highest point in Curitiba, allowing a 360 degree vision of the city, from a height of 95 meters. It is located at Prof. Lycio Grein de Castro Vellozo Street, corner with Jacarezinho Street - Merces. Parana Federal University First university in Brazil: a collection of undergraduate courses. It was created in 1912, at Comendador Araujo Street. It is located at Santos Andrade Square, s/n. - Centre. Universidade Livre do Meio Ambiente Within the Zaninelli Wood green, the Universidade Livre do Meio Ambiente made Curitiba the first city in the world to keep a space for studies and transmission of knowledge about the environment and ecology to the population. 
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