Moinhos De Vento Park Picture 2

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Moinhos de Vento Park is surrounded by streets 24 de Outubro, Mostardeiro, Comendador Caminha, Quintino Bocaiuva and cut by Goethe Av.

The Parcão, as it is also known for Porto Alegre citizens, was officially created in 1972, and has 115 thousand square meters and is located in the sophisticated district bearing the same name.

The toponym "windmills" has been assigned by virtue of the existence in its area of mills that turned the wheat into flour.

A positive factor for the development of the neighborhood was the opening of Prado da Independência (racetrack) in 1894. Its removal to the district Crystal in 1957, led to the establishment of the Park Moinhos de Vento.

Today, hundreds of people are attracted to the site to practice jogging, in direct contact with nature or the tracks of 400, 650 and 1,100 meters. The sports infrastructure also offers a soccer field, tennis courts, bocce court, fitness equipment, a skating track, multipurpose courts and ping-pong.

The administrative building, a replica of the mill, is surrounded by a large artificial waterfall and a mini-aquatic life allows for fauna composed of turtles, geese, ducks and fish.

The park also has playground and the Ecological Library Dinorah Maria Child, which has about a thousand books (including books in Braille.) The Library promotes recreational open for educational games, workshops, arts and cultural programming.

Address: Av. Goethe, Moinhos de vento, Porto Alegre

Phone: 51 30131217

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