Cerrado
Savanna near the city.
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Juquery State Park lies in Caieiras and Franco da Rocha north of São Paulo city, covering about 1,928 hectares, and matters above all as the only remaining patch of cerrado, the savanna of central Brazil, in the São Paulo metropolitan area. The park was created in 1993 to protect it. Its land goes back to the Juquery Farm, bought by the state from 1895 to build the Juquery Psychiatric Hospital, designed by the architect Ramos de Azevedo, and the state's first agricultural colony. The park combines grassy hills with low trees, lakes and streams, with lookout points over the surrounding plains and the edges of the metropolis, plus a children's play area. It is under pressure from the city growing around it, so stick to marked trails and respect the protection rules.
Savanna near the city.
Wide plains.
And streams.
Caieiras and Franco da Rocha, north of São Paulo
It is the last patch of cerrado vegetation in greater São Paulo.