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10 unusual facts about Piracicaba


Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães (born March 7, 1976 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.

Cassiano Leal

Cassiano Schalch Leal (born December 31, 1971 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil.

Clube Atlético Sorocaba

Atlético Sorocaba won the Copa Paulista de Futebol on November 29, 2008, after beating XV de Piracicaba in the final, at Estádio Barão de Serra Negra, Piracicaba, home of the opposing side.

Engelberg Huller Company

After strong development of his business, in June 1885, Engelberg partnered with Earl Siciliano to found Engelberg & Siciliano which was headquartered in Piracicaba and originally produced the machines for Brazilian farmers.

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz

The ESALQ main campus, located at Piracicaba, has six undergraduate and sixteen postgraduate programs.

Luiz Filipe Coelho

At the age of 12, he won awards in several national competitions in the cities of Juíz de Fora-MG, Piracicaba-SP and Rio de Janeiro-RJ.

Notícia Já

Notícia Já is owned and managed by a larger communications holding company, Rede Anhangüera de Comunicação (RAC), which owns the two other newspapers in Campinas, and others in the cities of Piracicaba and Ribeirão Preto, such as Correio Popular, Diário do Povo and Gazeta do Cambuí.

O Garatuja

O Garatuja is an opera by Ernst Mahle with libretto by Eugênio Leandro, based on the homonymous novel by José de Alencar (1873) and premiered in Piracicaba at the Teatro Municipal "Dr Losso Netto", on 27 April 2006.

Prudente de Morais

He graduated with a law degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1863 (today's Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo) and moved to Piracicaba that same year.

He was elected an alderman in 1865, presiding over the City of Piracicaba.


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Beatriz Balzi

From 1970 to 1976, Beatriz Balzi collaborated as a professor and performer with the Piracicaba School of Music, interpreting several concerts for piano and orchestra under the conduction of composer Ernst Mahle.

Limeira

Part of the population works in cities nearby, including Piracicaba and Americana.

Pé na Jaca

Arthur, who spends the holidays at his uncle's farm planter jackfruit; Elizabeth, the daughter of a seamstress; Guinevere, the daughter of a maid, Mary, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and Lancelotti, the son of a settler's farm, are, by chance, on the edge of a river in São Paulo, in God Free Me, village near Piracicaba.