Largest Beach Front Garden - Santos, Brazil
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saopaulo1
S 23° 58.548 W 046° 19.162
23K E 365772 N 7347824
In 2005 the Guinness Book of World Records named the beach front garden of Santos, Brazil, the largest in the world.
Waymark Code: WM1V82
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date Posted: 07/11/2007
Views: 246
"The beach at Santos, Brazil, is bordered by a garden 5.3 km (3.3 miles) long. It has a total area of 218,800 sq m (2,355,143 sq ft) and the green belt is separated by six canals.
The garden is so gigantic that it has 38 people looking after it all year round. The first part of the garden was completed in 1939 by the Czechoslovakian gardener Carlos Colarquis. In the 1950s, the size of the beachfront avenue was doubled and a decade later the Mayor, Silvio Clemente, asked a garden guru to develop something even more amazing. The final changes to the garden took place in 1972 and 1976.
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The garden has 719 flowerbeds and 1,746 trees of 20 different species. The path running through the garden is 5,247 m (17,214 ft) long. The garden is also jam-packed with statues, including a monument to Christopher Columbus and another remembering the first Europeans to arrive in Brazil." (Source: Guinness Book of World Records - 2005 edition)
Date the Record Happened: 2005
Where did this record happen: Santos
Who Broke this record: City of Santos
Is there something to see here?: Yes
What is there to see here: Large garden
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