Overview

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Pele Square (Praca Pele) is a small park in Tres Coracoes that honors soccer legend Pele. There is a monument of Pele in the center of the square.

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Fees: None

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Features:

Monuments
Local Park

Getting There

Navigate to -21.697582, -45.256077.

Location

Closest City or Region: Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Coordinates: -21.697582, -45.256077

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July 1, 2006 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, others,

Story

Everyone in Tres Coracoes was very proud of being the hometown of Pele. They errected this statues as a monument to him. I don't know if it's true or not, but supposedly Pele hated Tres Coracoes and never went back after growing up and moving away.

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