José Bonifácio Street

It wouldn't be foolhardy to claim that the Jose Bonifacio Street was the first trace of the current design of the city of Curitiba. Next to the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Luz (The Basílica Cathedral) the street widened due to the houses that rose on both sides. Its extension is the same until today, since both churches (The Ordem Church and the Basílica Cathedral) in each extreme of the street still exist. This street was known as "Fechada" (or Closed) due to the construction of the a new church right on the street, preventing the free traffic, once the old chapel was demolished, . The current name was given in 1886, in memory of the Patriarch of the Independence: José Bonifácio.

Main source: Book "Ruas e histórias de Curitiba" by Valério Hoerner Júnior. Artes e Textos Publisher. Curitiba, 2002

First Independent Presbyterian Church of Curitiba

The First Independent Presbyterian Church of Curitiba was built in 1934 in neo-classical style and its interior is clearly influenced by German architecture.

It is the first of the five temples of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Curitiba, which originated by the division of the traditional Presbyterian Church held in Brazil in 1903. It is located at Garibaldi Square in the Historical district.

Palacete Wolf

The Palacete Wolf was built in 1867 under request of the Austrian Joseph Wolf and his son Fredolin. The Wolf family never lived at this house, that housed along the time a Mason Lodge, an art school, the headquarters of the Police Corps during the Federalist Revolution and the prefecture of Curitiba in 1912/13. Became a residence during the decade of 1950 and Braun Bookstore between 1958 and early '70s, when the city bought the house.

Restored, it became in 1975 the headquarter of the Cultural Foundation of Curitiba (which has moved to the Moinho Rebouças recently). Nowadays it is a space dedicated to literature and reading. Located at Garibaldi Square, in the historic disctrict of Curitiba, it is the home to the traditional Dario Vellozo Bookstore, the Poet fair, and offers creative writing workshops, seminars and literature courses.

Curitiba Memorial

The Memorial of Curitiba has 5,000 m2 and the author of the architectural project is Fernando Popp.

It is a space dedicated to arts, folklore, information, memory, and displays the art of important names such as John Turin, Zaco Paraná, Poty Lazarotto, Elvo Benito Damo, Antonio Maria and Sergio Ferro.

The building is a stylized pine tree, which is the symbol of Parana. Its structure is in iron and it is covered with laminated glass. It has four floors with many rooms for expositions and a rooftop terrace overlooking the surroundings.

The Memorial City or Curitiba was inaugurated on August 15th, 1996 and is located at Rua Claudino dos Santos in the Historical Sector.