Forum Ministro Pedro Lessa - Sao Paulo, Brazil
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saopaulo1
S 23° 33.651 W 046° 39.403
23K E 330910 N 7393414
Federal courthouse named after a former justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court.
Waymark Code: WM2YKC
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 01/11/2008
Views: 55
Pedro Augusto Carneiro Lessa was born in 1859 and died in 1921. In 1876 he got his law degree from the Law University in Sao Paulo. In 1885, Less started in public career when he became the Secretário da Relação de São Paulo. In 1891 he went to the Sao Paulo state assembly. Lessa was appointed to the Federal Supreme Court in 1907. During his tenure he was responsible for applying the rule of habeus corpus to the constitution on 1891. In 1910 he sat at the 11th seat of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, an academy formed by Brazilian authors.
Year it was dedicated: 1970
Location of Coordinates: Front of building
Related Web address (if available): Not listed
Type of place/structure you are waymarking: Not listed
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