General Osório Square (
Portuguese: ''Praça General Osório'') is a square in
Ipanema,
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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. The square is bordered to the north by Rua Visconde de Pirajá, the main commercial street in Ipanema; Rua Jangadeiros to the east; Rua Prudente de Morais to the south, which extends west from the square; and the small Rua Teixeira de Melo to the west.
General Osório Square was designed by
José Antônio Moreira Filho, 2nd Baron of Ipanema
José Antônio Moreira Filho, the second baron with grandee of Ipanema (27 August 1830 — 27 February 1899), was a Brazilian businessman in real estate. He was a partner of José Luís Guimarães Caipora.
He was the son of José Antônio Morei ...
(1830–1899), founder of Vila Ipanema, the precursor to the present-day neighborhood. The square was formerly called Praça Ferreira Viana, and later Praça Marechal Floriano Peixoto, In 1922 it was renamed in honor of
Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval
Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval (May 10, 1808 – October 4, 1879) was a Brazilian military officer, monarchist and politician. A member of the Imperial Army at the age of fifteen, he climbed all the posts of the military hierarchy of hi ...
(1808–1879), a Brazilian military officer during the
Paraguayan War.
, designed by
Valentim da Fonseca e Silva in 1796 at the Convento da Ajuda, was moved to the square in 1911 after the demolition of the convent.
The square was home to a
happening
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.
History
Origins
Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happen ...
titled "Flags at General Osório Square" (''Bandeiras na Praça General Osório'') in February 1968. Numerous artists of the period, including
Nelson Leirner
Nelson Leirner (1932 – March 7, 2020) was a Brazilian artist. Leirner has participated in several exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. In 1997, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and began teaching at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage. He lives a ...
,
Flávio Mota,
Carlos Scliar
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Hélio Oiticica, and others, decorated the square with textile art on the eve of Carnival. While the happening was not overtly political and attracted little attention from the military police, it closely predated the murder of
Edson Luís de Lima Souto
Edson Luís de Lima Souto (; February 24, 1950 – March 28, 1968) was a Brazilian teenage student killed by the military police of Rio de Janeiro after a confrontation in the restaurant Calabouço (), in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Edson was one o ...
in March 1968 and the subsequent
March of the One Hundred Thousand The March of the One Hundred Thousand ( pt, Passeata dos Cem Mil) was a manifestation of popular protest against the Military dictatorship in Brazil, which occurred on June 26, 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, organized by the student movement and with the p ...
against the violence of the military regime.
The Sunday Hippie Fair (''Feira Hippie de Ipanema'') at General Osório Square, a weekly art fair, dates to the same year.
General Osório Station
General Osório / Ipanema is a station on Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Ipanema borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the line's southern terminus. The station opened in December 2009.
Station layout
The station has a la ...
, the terminal station of Line 1 of the
Rio de Janeiro Metro, opened in December 2009 northeast of the square.
References
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Squares in Rio de Janeiro