How Ribeirão Preto, SP, played a fundamental role in the Constitutionalist revolution of 1932 Praça XV de Novembro, in the central region of Ribeirão Preto (SP), has one of the city's main symbols of the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution. Built to honor the fighters of the movement that faced Getúlio Vargas' government in defense of a new Constitution, the Monument to the Constitutionalist Soldier also helps to remember the role of Ribeirão Preto, which was the scene of popular demonstrations during the conflict that celebrates its 94th anniversary. ✅Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp This report is part of the series 'Hidden Stories', a special production by EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, to celebrate Ribeirão Preto's 170th anniversary, celebrated on June 19th. Curiosities, notable characters and facts that few people know help to understand the trajectory of one of the most important cities in the state of São Paulo. Revolution of 1932 The Constitutionalist Revolution began on May 23, 1932, during a demonstration against the installed dictatorship, where students Mário Martins de Almeida, Euclides Bueno Miragaia, Dráusio Marcondes de Souza and Antonio Américo de Camargo Andrade were murdered. The shots would have come from the top of the buildings in Praça da República. The episode was what gave rise to the revolutionary movement M.M.D.C, an acronym based on the names of the young people killed, and which recruited the people of São Paulo to fight for a new Constitution. In Ribeirão Preto, the constitutionalist cause also gained popular support. A crowd gathered at Praça XV de Novembro, in front of the Theatro Pedro II esplanade, to defend the movement and marked the space as one of the main mobilization points in the city during that period. Monument in Praça XV de Novembro, in Ribeirão Preto, honors combatants of the 1932 Revolution Aurélio Sal/EPTV Ribeirão Preto as a strategic base At the same time as the demonstration was taking place, the then 3rd Battalion of Hunters, today the Military Police, was preparing for war. The geographical location of Ribeirão Preto meant that the city assumed an important role in the conflict. Because it is close to the border with Minas Gerais, the region began to be considered strategic for the operations of São Paulo troops. Text from the newspaper A Cidade, in Ribeirão Preto (SP), asked for help with weapons and ammunition for combatants in the 1932 Revolution Aurélio Sal/EPTV The barracks located on Rua Sete de Setembro, where the Sectional Police Station currently operates, did not have the capacity to receive all 800 combatants participating in the war. Faced with the need to expand the military structure, the Fábio Barreto State School was also transformed into an improvised general headquarters. Classrooms, corridors and even the basement of the building began to be used as command and intelligence centers for the constitutionalists. Fábio Barreto State School, in Ribeirão Preto Aurélio Sal/EPTV Monument and living memory The Constitutionalist Revolution came to an end on October 2, 1932, when São Paulo troops surrendered to advancing federal forces. Despite the military defeat, the movement is remembered for having contributed to the convening of the Constituent Assembly that resulted in the 1934 Constitution. Years later, Praça XV received the Monument to the Constitutionalist Soldier, built to honor the men who participated in the revolution. The work has become one of the best-known historical landmarks in the center of Ribeirão Preto and one of the main symbols of the memory of the conflict in the city. The memory of the Constitutionalist Revolution is also present in other parts of Ribeirão Preto. One of the examples is Avenida Nove de Julho, which refers to the beginning of the movement. The road honors the residents who participated in the revolution and helps preserve the memory of one of the most memorable episodes in São Paulo's political history and Ribeirão Preto's participation in the conflict. Avenida Nove de Julho, in Ribeirão Preto, remembers the date of the 1932 Revolution Aurélio Sal/EPTV *Under the supervision of Rodolfo Tiengo. See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto e Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region And