Largo da Batata

Largo da Batata is a public square located in the district of Pinheiros, in the Brazilian city of São Paulo.

It is located at the confluence of Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue and the streets Pinheiros, Teodoro Sampaio, Cardeal Arcoverde, Baltazar Carrasco, Martim Carrasco, Chopin Tavares de Lima and Fernão Dias.

[1] The Metro Line 4 Faria Lima Station and the Largo da Batata bus terminal (under construction) are located there.

[2][3] There are records of the region's occupation by native people around 1560, the year that marks the foundation of the district of Pinheiros.

[4] The Guayana Indians were transferred from the village of São Paulo de Piratininga to the region, where the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição was founded by Jesuits José de Anchieta and Manuel da Nóbrega.