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He returned to Europe in 1880 and remained in Paris until 1881. In the meantime he attended courses at the
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rivers among other urban and sanitary measures. The survey carried out from 1875 to 1876 would be the basis of the future master plan of the city, put into practice in the administration of Passos as mayor.
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