Originally located on Tiradentes Avenue, in front of the Pinacoteca do Estado building - an important work by Azevedo himself - it was dismantled in 1967, due to the construction of São Paulo's metro, and then transferred to the Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira in 1973, where it remains until today, in the square that bears Azevedo's name, next to the Polytechnic School, an institution he helped to create.

Ramos was a pioneer and responsible for the new urban form of São Paulo, moving away from colonial building parameters, bringing a new concept of construction techniques.

It was at this time that a competition was held to evaluate and choose the best project to honor Ramos and the commemoration intentions that had historical and social relevance.

In a short time, he became the main influencer of local architecture, getting involved in discussions and urban and educational projects, which began an accelerated process of economic and population growth.

[2] He was the first director of the São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts and the Pinacoteca do Estado, for which he designed a grandiose building in Jardim da Luz.

[2] His first recognition on Brazilian soil happened when he won 1st prize in the International Competition for the Monument to Pereira Barreto, inaugurated in 1928, in Marechal Deodoro Square.

[3] The opening speech was given by Luís Inácio de Anhaia Melo, who summarized the importance of the architect as follows: Ramos de Azevedo was the center around which the architectural renaissance of the city of São Paulo gravitated.At first it was located in front of the building of the São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts (current the Pinacoteca do Estado), on Tiradentes Avenue, but was later dismantled and removed from the site in 1967, under much criticism, due to the works for the construction of the metro system.

[6] Weighing 22 tons, the Monument to Ramos de Azevedo was transferred from Tiradentes Avenue, in front of the São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts, currently the Pinacoteca.

The huge sculpture was close to the buildings conceived and executed by Ramos de Azevedo, but with the creation of the north–south axis of the city's metro, the monument ended up between the path, disturbing the work of connection between the avenue and the Anhangabaú Valley.

At the time, it was considered to install the monument in Jardim da Luz, close to the square where the Ramos de Azevedo Building is located.

The monument to José Bonifácio the Younger also needed to be dismantled, but it was not entirely rebuilt and only the statue of the honoree remained from the sculpture, which can be found today at the entrance to the Faculty of Law.

[1] The Monument to Ramos de Azevedo was exposed to the weather for a long period, being subject to deterioration mainly in the years when it was dismantled and left abandoned in Jardim da Luz.

At the end of the tests the results obtained made it possible to conclude that, despite being currently dirty and yellowed, the monument is in a good state of conservation.