Taquaral means "bamboogrove" in Portuguese, probably because the lagoon was originally rimmed with this kind of plant (it no longer is, instead eucalyptustrees have been planted around it). The name Portugal was given as a homage to the immigrants of Brazil, the Portuguese people.
One of the vintage tramcars in operation on the 1972-opened tram line
The heritagetram line around the park opened in 1972 and uses four historic trams.[1] The tramway was newly built at that time and opened only four years after the termination of the city's last tram service.[1]
parque, portugal, also, known, lagoa, taquaral, portuguese, pronunciation, laˈɡoɐ, taˈkwaɾaw, urban, public, park, city, campinas, são, paulo, brazil, been, around, beautiful, lagoon, adjacent, wooded, park, large, municipal, entertainment, sports, park, with,. Parque Portugal also known as Lagoa do Taquaral Portuguese pronunciation laˈɡoɐ du taˈkwaɾaw is an urban public park in the city of Campinas Sao Paulo Brazil It has been set around a beautiful lagoon and adjacent wooded park and is a large municipal entertainment and sports park with a planetarium a science museum an indoor sports stadium and swimming pool kart racing and model airplane areas an open concert auditorium floating caravel replica a working historical tramway pedalos facilities for several types of sports including a long track for running cycling and walking restaurants etc Isaura Teles Alves de Lima lagoon Taquaral means bamboo grove in Portuguese probably because the lagoon was originally rimmed with this kind of plant it no longer is instead eucalyptus trees have been planted around it The name Portugal was given as a homage to the immigrants of Brazil the Portuguese people One of the vintage tramcars in operation on the 1972 opened tram line The heritage tram line around the park opened in 1972 and uses four historic trams 1 The tramway was newly built at that time and opened only four years after the termination of the city s last tram service 1 In July 2007 Campinas readers of the Correio Popular newspaper and the Cosmo site have voted Lagoa do Taquaral as one of the Seven Wonders of Campinas 2 Swimming pools in Parque Portugal s Balneario References edit a b Morrison Allen 1996 Latin America by Streetcar p 187 New York Bonde Press ISBN 0 9622348 3 4 Campinas Archived from the original on 2007 09 05 Retrieved 2007 07 31 22 52 29 06 S 47 03 00 50 W 22 8747389 S 47 0501389 W 22 8747389 47 0501389External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parque Portugal The Tramways of Campinas Brazil nbsp This geographical article relating to the state of Sao Paulo is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parque Portugal amp oldid 1153305482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
