Obelisk of Ibirapuera (In honor of the heroes of 1932 revolution). Also known as Ibirapuera Obelisk, this is the tallest monument in the city of Sao Paulo, with a height of 72 meters (236 feet).
This monument is a symbol of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 and honors those who died in it.
The obelisk is a project of the Italo-Brazilian sculptor Galileo Ugo Emendabili, and is made of pure travertine marble. The construction of the monument was started in 1947 and completed in 1970.
The 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution broke out after a series of political and economical events that culminated in a coup d’état in 1930, later escalated to a civil war where the state of São Paulo and some allies fought against the federal government and lost the war.
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