SANTA ANITA: THE CITY OF LOVE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.55831223140410

• Palavras-chave: Mario Ypiranga. Santa Anita. City. Place. Memory.

• Keywords: Mario Ypiranga. Santa Anita. City. Place. Memory.

• Abstract:

  The present work aims to describe and give light to the model of a city created by the Amazonian writer Mário Ypiranga Monteiro. Character of great scientific respectability who dedicated a large part of his existence to building a dream city which he named Santa Anita. For this, we also seek to draw a parallel between the symbolism of cities built by man for their use/experience and their relationship with this work in particular. This is an experience report of the present author who, during a period of her professional life, maintained direct contact with Santa Anita, family members and the writer's works. It is a descriptive research and is supported by an oral report by his wife and daughter and by bibliographic material that deals with the life and work of Mário Ypiranga. Since 2006, the model of the city of Santa Anita has been on display at Galeria do Largo, in Largo São Sebastião, in the center of Manaus (Amazonas).