Moinhos de Vento Park | |
Photo Width: | 250px |
Type: | Urban park |
Location: | Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre |
Area: | 11.5ha |
Coords: | -30.0275°N -51.2008°W |
Status: | Open all year |
Moinhos de Vento Park (Portuguese: Parque Moinhos de Vento, literally "Windmills Park"), popularly known as Parcão (literally "Big Park"), is a well-known park in Porto Alegre. It is located in the Moinhos de Vento neighborhood.
The park structure consists of soccer, tennis and volleyball fields, gym equipment, a playground, a kids library, a pond with fish, turtles and ducks, a playground, and a replica of an Azorean windmill. The park also features a monument commemorating Castelo Branco.