Beco do Batman
Rua Gonçalo Afonso, Rua Medeiros de Albuquerque | |
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Coordinates: 23°33′24″S 46°41′12″W / 23.556541°S 46.686587°W | |
Country | Brazil |
State | São Paulo |
Municipality | São Paulo |
District | Pinheiros |
Neighborhood | Vila Madalena |
Beco do Batman (English: Batman Alley) is the nickname for the area around Rua Gonçalo Afonso and Rua Medeiros de Albuquerque in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. [1] Beco do Batman is a popular tourist destination because of the dense concentration of graffiti that line the streets.
The nickname for the area is attributed to a graffito of the DC Comics character Batman which was painted on one of the walls in the 1980s. [2] Local art students began filling the walls with other psychedelic and cubist influenced designs. [1] [3]
Vila Madalena received thousands of tourists during the 2014 FIFA World Cup and there was a corresponding rise in reported incidents of robbery and assault in and around Beco do Batman during the period (2013–2014). [4]
The graffiti of Beco do Batman is now continually renovated and cared for by local community members. [1]