Parque do Ingá

Parque do Ingá is a protected forest of 47.3 hectares in the city of  Maringá, Paraná.  It's area preserves the original layout of the city.It was inaugurated on Setember 22,1975 and  declared a permanet conservation area as the city Parque in 1991 by the Municipal Organic Law.

       

Did you know that the Parque do Ingá was created in 1943, but until the  1970, it was just a forest reserve maintained in the layout of the city?

Parque do Ingá was founded in October 10, 1971 during the tenure of Mayor Dr. Adriano José Valente (1969-1972). It was built in 482 square meters, with artificial lake, 7 miles ofcobblestone paving (which were removed from the Brazil Avenue), administrative building, and hosting the locomotive 608,which inaugurated the railway station in 1954.

              On June 21st, 1978  the Japanese Garden was inaugurated  in honor of the Prince ofJapan Akihiro and his wife, who were visiting the country and passed through Maringá.  It has natural beauty and it is a wildlife  sanctuary in the urban center, atracting over one million  visitors per year! 

Inside the Parque there are series of scientific, recreationnal and educational activies. Students from the region condut regular monitoring of environmental education and conservation of the place. 

Students: Liliane, Angélica, Dany Estefany, Bianca, Tayla.

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