Fazenda Lagoa do Nado Park, Urban park with lagoon in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Fazenda Lagoa do Nado Park is a 300,000 m² urban park in the Itapoã neighbourhood, in Belo Horizonte's Pampulha region. The entire perimeter is fenced and firebreaks run along its edges. It was completed and inaugurated in September 1994 and is the seat of the Centro de Cultura Lagoa do Nado.
The park originated in 1994 when former farmland was converted into a public recreational space to protect green areas as the city expanded. This transformation allowed nature and urban growth to coexist.
The park is home to the Centro de Cultura Lagoa do Nado, which it hosts and which makes the grounds a cultural reference point in Belo Horizonte. The centre runs cultural activities there, and the park's own name comes from the farm that once occupied the site.
The park covers 300,000 m² in the Itapoã neighbourhood, in Belo Horizonte's Pampulha region, and is entirely fenced, with firebreaks around its perimeter. The Centro de Cultura Lagoa do Nado sits inside the grounds, so cultural programming happens on site. Visitors should plan around the fence line and firebreaks when orienting themselves.
The park exists because residents campaigned to save the farm's green space from becoming a housing complex, and it was inaugurated in September 1994. Its 300,000 m² are fully fenced, with firebreaks cut along the perimeter. The Centro de Cultura Lagoa do Nado, which the park houses, runs cultural activities there.
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