Monument to the Independence of Brazil

A crypt and chapel is located inside the monument. The crypt was built in 1972 to house the remains of emperor Pedro I (also king of Portugal as Pedro IV) and his wives, Maria Leopoldina of Austria and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. The crypt is consecrated as a Catholic chapel, as demanded by the then head of the Brazilian Imperial Family, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza. He agreed to allow the transfer of the remains of his ancestors to the monument on the condition that the place be consecrated as a Catholic place of burial, with a Catholic altar, where masses could be held. Pedro I and Amélie of Leuchtenberg's remains were transferred from the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in Lisbon; while Maria Leopoldina was moved from the Imperial Mausoleum of St Anthony's Convent in Rio de Janeiro.^[3][1][2]

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  Pedro I's burial urn^[a]
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  Visitors
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  Maria Leopoldina's burial urn^[b]
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  Amélie's burial urn^[c]

Central pannel

The central relief panel depicting the Cry of Ipiranga

The revolutionaries

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  The Minas Gerais conspirators
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  The Pernambuco revolutionaries

The four corner figures

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  Joaquim Gonçalves Ledo
  leader of the independence in Rio de Janeiro
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  Hipólito da Costa
  the "father of Brazilian press"
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  José Bonifácio
  the "patriarch of independence"
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  Diogo Antônio Feijó
  regent of the Empire of Brazil

• Monument to the Independence of Brazil at the São Paulo City Museum Website (in Portuguese)
• Media related to Monumento à Independência do Brasil at Wikimedia Commons