page_title: Francisco Prestes Maia
section_title: Avenida Prestes Maia
hierarchical_section_title: Francisco Prestes Maia / Toponyms / Roadways / Avenida Prestes Maia
caption_attribution_description: Português: Placa Toponomica da Av. Prestes Maia . CENTRO - SAO PAULO - SP - BRASIL
context_page_description: Francisco Prestes Maia was a Brazilian architect, civil engineer, urban planner, and professor, who served three terms as mayor of the city of São Paulo.
context_section_description: Francisco Prestes Maia has many streets named for him throughout his home state of São Paulo. The largest of these is Avenida Prestes Maia, an arterial expressway in downtown São Paulo  that is part of the North-South Corredor (Corredor Norte-Sul).
  Many municipalities in Greater São Paulo — as well as some in the so-called interior of the state — have at least one street named, Avenida Prestes Maia or some derivation thereof, e.g., Avenida Francisco Prestes Maia, Avenida Doutor Francisco Prestes Maia, etc.:
  São Paulo
  Amparo
  Campinas
  ABC Region
  Santo André
  São Bernardo do Campo
  Diadema
  Caraguatatuba
  Panorama
  Araçatuba
  Votuporanga
  Osasco
  Carapicuíba
  Guarujá
  São Vicente
caption: São Paulo street sign
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