Altinópolis

Altinópolis
Municipality
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Location in São Paulo state Location in São Paulo state
Altinópolis Location in Brazil
Coordinates:
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast Region
State	São Paulo
Government
• Mayor	Marco Ernani Hyssa Luiz (PMDB)
Area
• Total	929 km2 (359 sq mi)
Elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	16,179
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)
Postal code	14350-000
Area code	+55 16
Website	www.altinopolis.sp.gov.br

Altinópolis is a Brazilian municipality of the state of São Paulo. The population is 16,179 (2015 est.) in an area of 929 km². The city is known because of its sights, like the Praça das Esculturas, and the wide variety of caves and waterfalls.

Tourism

In Altinópolis five rivers give us 35 waterfalls. San Waterfall | Waterfall and Waterfalls | Cascades for all tastes. And one of them is 72 meters high.

Eight caves in textbooks are part of their tourist itinerary, highlighting the Itambé Cave, which offers a façade of 28 meters and some 350 meters of galleries. The Department of Tourism gives visitors the necessary information and support, the stand of the city was successful in the last Hall of São Paulo Tourism. But the treat for the eyes are the works of Vaccarini.

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Itambé's Waterfall in Altinópolis

Museum

Altinópolis is home to a large group of sculptures of Vaccarini Bassano (1914-2002). He was born in Milan, Italy and arrived in Brazil after World War II and chose Altinópolis for his workshop in 1980. Praça das Esculturas (Sculpture Square), which covers 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) at the highest point of the city, houses 42 of Vaccarini's works. The sculpture park opened in 1992.

Besides being a professor of Visual Arts at FAU-USP (São Paulo) and Unaerp (in Ribeirao Preto, where he lived), it was a costume designer, set designer, director of the Brazilian Comedy Theater.

External links

• (Portuguese) Official City Website