Bacacheri Park, Green space in Bacacheri neighborhood, Curitiba, Brazil.
Bacacheri Park covers 152,000 m² in Curitiba and is officially named Parque General Iberê de Mattos, inaugurated in 1988. Its centre is a lake formed along the Rio Bacacheri, once called Tanque do Bacacheri. Around it lie a walking track, volleyball and beach football courts, barbecue pits, a snack bar, a spring water tap and a playground.
The site was long known as Tanque do Bacacheri, after a small lake formed along the Rio Bacacheri. In 1988 the city inaugurated the Parque General Iberê de Mattos there; the official name is now less used than the popular Parque Bacacheri. The neighbourhood itself was once Colônia Argelina, a colony of French settlers from Algeria.
The neighbourhood of Bacacheri, one of Curitiba's oldest, was settled by French colonists from Algeria as the Colônia Argelina, and the park carries the name of the Rio Bacacheri that once formed a small lake here. Today it holds barbecue grills, a playground and sand volleyball and football courts used by local residents.
The park covers 152,000 m² in the Bacacheri district, the neighbourhood it is named after. Its facilities are grouped around a lake fed by the Bacacheri River, with a walking track, beach volleyball and football courts, barbecue grills, a playground, snack bars and a drinking fountain. The official name, Parque General Iberê de Mattos, is rarely used on signs.
The park's official name is Parque General Iberê de Mattos, inaugurated in 1988; locals use the older name Bacacheri, from the Rio Bacacheri. Until the mid-20th century the site was called Tanque do Bacacheri, after a small lake formed along the river's course.
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