Bosque João Paulo II (Curitiba)

Brazil / Parana / Curitiba / Rua Wellington de Oliveira Viana, s/nº
 park, garden, forest
Rua Wellington Oliveira Vianna, s/n° - Centro Cívico (Civic Center)
Access: Rua Barão do Serro Azul / Trav. Nestor de Castro / Rua do Rosário / Rua Duque de Caxias / Rua Barão de Antonina / Rua Mateus Leme / Rua Wellington Oliveira Vianna.
Telephone: +55 41 3313 7194 / +55 41 3352 9040
Opening hours: Bosque - daily, 6:00AM to 8:00PM / Memorial – Monday, 1:30PM to 6:00PM. Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00AM to 6:00PM.
Bus: Convencional Abranches, Mateus Leme, Jardim Chaparral, Taboão-Água Verde or Vila Suíça (Praça Tiradentes). To go down in the Street Mateus Helm, next to the Polish Portal.

The Memorial of Polish Immigration that was inaugurated in 13th December 1980, after the visit of the Pope João Pablo II to the city of Curitiba, in June, in the same year. Its area is 46 thousand square meters was part of the dispossession of the old Candles plant.
The seven trunks wood houses are parts of this memorial area, as Polish Immigrants souvenir and their faith and fight. Objects like the old wagon, the pipe of cabbage and the black virgin of Czestochowa print, who is the protector saint of Polish people are parts of its quantity. The Polish immigration to the Curitiba City had been in the 1871 year.

Prefeitura de Curitiba: www.curitiba.pr.gov.br/Secretaria.aspx?idf=399&servico=...
Viaje Curitiba: www.viaje.curitiba.pr.gov.br/pontosturisticos/papa.html
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Coordinates:   25°24'35"S   49°16'10"W

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