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{{Infobox architect
|name = Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo
|birth_place = [[São Paulo]], [[São Paulo Province|São Paulo]], [[Empire of Brazil]]
|birth_date = 8 December 1851
|death_date = 13 June 1928
|death_place = [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], Brazil
|occupation = Architect
|significant_design =
|image = Ramos de Azevedo (cropped).jpg
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|caption = Ramos de Azevedo in 1879
}} '''Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo''' (8 December 1851 — 13 June 1928) was a Brazilian architect, known for designing various buildings and landmarks in [[São Paulo]], such as the [[Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)|Teatro Municipal]], the Mercado Municipal and the [[Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo|Pinacoteca]]. He was one of the founders and director of the [[University of São Paulo]]'s [[Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo|Polytechnical School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo|url=http://www.poli.usp.br/pt/a-poli/historia/galeria-de-diretores/200-prof-dr-francisco-de-paula-ramos-de-azevedo-.html|website=Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref>
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Together with a group of São Paulo aristocrats linked to progressive political currents, Ramos de Azevedo founded the Polytechnic School, establishing the school a model similar to that experienced in Europe. Its link with education also happened when he became director of the [[São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts|Liceu de Artes e Ofícios]] of São Paulo, where he promoted an educational reform that would make the school self-sufficient and recognized throughout the country.
Because of the importance of his work for the city of São Paulo, a [[Monument to Ramos de Azevedo|monument in his honor]] was built in front of the Liceu's building, in the Tiradentes Avenue. Because of the [[São Paulo Metro|subway]] works in the 1970s, this monument was moved to the campus of the University of São Paulo, and is currently at
==List of notable projects==
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*[[Hospital Psiquiátrico do Juqueri]] (1895–98)
*[[Museum of the Military Police of the state of São Paulo|Museu da Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo]] (1896)
*[[Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)|Teatro Municipal de São Paulo]] (1903–11)
*São Paulo state pavilion at [[Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil]] (1908)<ref name="ref03">{{cite book|title=The Brazilian national exposition of 1908 in celebration of the centenary of the opening of Brazilian ports to the commerce of the world by the Prince Regent Dom João VI. of Portugal, in 1808|year=1908|url=https://archive.org/details/braziliannation00wrig|publisher= Philadelphia, G. Barrie & sons|last= Wright|first=Marie|page=[https://archive.org/details/braziliannation00wrig/page/51 51]}}</ref>
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*Colégio Sion (1920s)
*Pinacoteca de São Paulo (1893)
*[[Post Office Palace (São Paulo)|Post Office Palace]] (1920s)
*Catedral Metropolitana de Campinas (Anos 1880)
*Mercado Municipal de Campinas (1902)
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