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Overview
Curitiba has long garnered praise for being one of the world鈥檚 best models of urban planning. This is mainly due to the bold initiatives of its three-term mayor, Jaime Lerner. His daring moves in the early 1970s transformed a six-block length of downtown into a pedestrian zone (done in secret under the cover of darkness), created five express-bus avenues with futuristic tubular boarding platforms, encouraged recycling and sustainable design long before it was fashionable, and planted trees and created parks on an enormous scale.
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Designed by and named for the architect responsible for much of Bras铆lia, this striking museum features an iconic eye-shaped tower painted with whimsical鈥
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Inaugurated in 1893 and completely restored in 2012, Curitiba's neo-Gothic main cathedral 鈥 inspired by Barcelona's metropolitan cathedral 鈥 isn't one of鈥
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Inside the neoclassical headquarters of the Federal University of Paran谩, the university's museum features rotating exhibitions along with a small and鈥
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Built in 1923, this modest art nouveau construction was originally designed to be a city lookout. It was left to die and gutted by fie in 2017, but the鈥
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Curitiba's colonial heart. Here, the pedestrian-only cobblestone streets are lined with beautifully restored buildings, many of which now house trendy art鈥
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Curitiba's historic Old City Hall was inaugurated in 1926 and designed by then-mayor C芒ndido Ferreira de Abreu, who was responsible for many of the city's鈥
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In the far south of the city, the Jardim Bot芒nico is a vast, flower-filled expanse, studded with sculpture and crisscrossed by walking paths. The鈥
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This premier state-run theater in Curitiba is home to the Paran谩 Symphony Orchestra (Orquestra Sinf么nica do Paran谩), and also hosts other dance and鈥
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