Beco do Batman

Beco do Batman (English: Batman's Alley) is the nickname for the area around Rua Gonçalo Afonso and Rua Medeiros de Albuquerque in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of São Paulo.[1] Beco do Batman is a popular tourist destination because of the dense concentration of graffiti that line the streets.

Beco do Batman

Rua Gonçalo Afonso,
Rua Medeiros de Albuquerque
Coordinates: 23.556541°S 46.686587°W / -23.556541; -46.686587
CountryBrazil
StateSão Paulo
MunicipalitySão Paulo
DistrictPinheiros
NeighborhoodVila Madalena

History of Beco do Batman

The nickname for the area is attributed to a graffito of the DC Comics character Batman which was painted on one of the walls in the 1980s.[2] Local art students began filling the walls with other psychedelic and cubist influenced designs.[1][3]

Vila Madalena received thousands of tourists during the 2014 FIFA World Cup and there was a corresponding rise in reported incidents of robbery and assault in and around Beco do Batman during the period (2013–2014).[4]

The graffiti of Beco do Batman is now continually renovated and cared for by local community members.[1]

gollark: Trans(humanism).
gollark: This is a good and nonbad* feature.
gollark: On new users' things.
gollark: So it just crashed horribly.
gollark: I switched over the database structure for it a few days ago, but forgot to actually test whether the migration code works (by doing nothing) if the previous databases don't exist.

See also

References
  1. Manara, Amanda. "Beco do Batman". cidadedesaopaulo.com (in Portuguese). Site oficial de turismo da cidade de São Paulo. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. Dunder, Karla (15 October 2010). "Vila Madalena: grafites fazem a fama do Beco do Batman". vejasp.abril.com.br (in Portuguese). Veja SP. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. Rocha, Camilo (28 May 2010). "São Paulo unleashes Brazilian creative energy". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  4. Machado, Leandro (13 December 2014). "Beco turístico na região da Vila Madalena vive onda de assaltos". folha.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 9 June 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.