Antônio Prado Square

The square's current name is a tribute to Antônio da Silva Prado, a coffee grower, banker, jurist, journalist and politician who held several public positions throughout his life. As mayor of São Paulo, he implemented major urban improvements, such as the straightening of many streets in the city center. The square, which once housed the old Church of the Rosary of Black Men, received the city's first monument in honor of Zumbi dos Palmares at the end of 2016.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-18 |title=São Paulo terá primeiro monumento em homenagem a Zumbi dos Palmares |url=https://www.redebrasilatual.com.br/cidadania/sao-paulo-tera-primeiro-monumento-em-homenagem-a-zumbi-dos-palmares-1777/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Rede Brasil Atual}}{{Cite journal |last=Camargo |first=Daisy de |year=2010 |title=Sob sol, chuva e moscas: os quiosques na cidade de São Paulo (1880-1910) |journal=Antíteses |volume=3 |issue=5}}{{Cite journal |last=Waldman |first=Thais Chang |year=2013 |title=A São Paulo dos Prados |url=https://journals.openedition.org/pontourbe/781?lang=pt |journal=Ponto Urbe |issue=13}}

Today, the site preserves architectural influences from the 20th century, such as the wooden kiosks selling newspapers and magazines and offering services such as public telephones and shoeshine.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-31 |title=Histórias que #TodosPeloCentro Contam: os engraxates da Praça Antônio Prado |url=https://todospelocentro.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/noticias/historias-que-todospelocentro-contam-os-engraxates-da-praca-antonio-prado |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Todos Pelo Centro}}

Antônio Prado Square is home to Nichile's last public clock, which measures {{convert|8|meters}} and was registered in 1992 for its historical value. It was built in 1935 and, since Octávio de Nichile's death in 1986, it has been maintained by his family. There were a total of six clocks spread across the city of São Paulo in areas such as Largo do Arouche and Sé Square. Their implementation resulted from the work of executive Octávio de Nichile, who sold the advertising spaces in the structure of the poles that supported the clocks.{{Cite web |last=Xavier |first=Mauricio |date=2016-11-18 |title=Conheça um dos relógios públicos mais antigos da capital |url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/cidades/relogio-de-nichile-centro#:~:text=Conhecido%20por%20Rel%C3%B3gio%20De%20Nichile,e%20o%20Largo%20do%20Arouche.&text=A%20ideia%20do%20publicit%C3%A1rio%20Octavio,instrumentos%20como%20espa%C3%A7o%20para%20propaganda. |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=VejaSP}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-23 |title=Relógios icônicos de São Paulo contam a história da cidade |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2022/01/relogios-iconicos-de-sao-paulo-contam-a-historia-da-cidade.shtml |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Folha de S. Paulo}}

File:José Wasth Rodrigues - Largo do Rosário, 1880, Acervo do Museu Paulista da USP.jpg|Largo do Rosário (1880), by José Wasth Rodrigues, Collection of the Paulista Museum of USP.

File:Werner Haberkorn - Vista pontual da Praça Antônio Prado. São Paulo-SP (cropped).jpg|View of the Antônio Prado Square.

File:Caminhada Noturna 23 November 2017 56.jpg|Night Walk on 23 November 2017.

File:Praça Antonio Prado - 1915 - panoramio.jpg|Antonio Prado Square in 1915.

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