Hercílio Pedro da Luz, or just Hercílio Luz, was a civil engineer, trained in Belgium, after passing through the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro. Son of Jacinto José da Luz and Joaquina Anania Neves da Luz, he married Etelvina Cesarina Ferreira da Luz, with whom he had fourteen children. Hercílio Luz was deeply involved with the Federalist Revolution (1893). He was three times governor (1894-1898, 1918-1922, 1922-1924), as well as senator (1900-1918), councilor of the City Council and president of the City Council. He shared, with Lauro Müller, the political leadership of Santa Catarina in the first republican decades. His name was associated, in the capital, with urban remodeling and sanitation works. Among them are the canalization of Rio da Bulha, in the central area, currently Avenida Hercílio Luz, and the construction of the suspension bridge connecting the mainland region to Santa Catarina Island. Having died in the middle of his last term as governor, in 1924, Hercílio Luz saw only one of these two works completed, Avenida do Saneamento, in 1922, as the bridge was delivered only in 1926. His name would be attributed to both works. At the base of the Monument to Hercílio Luz, there is the following inscription: “To Hercílio Luz, on the centenary of his birth, tribute to the people of Santa Catarina and the governor Heriberto Hülse / 1860 - May 29 - 1960”. The monument and the belvedere (viewpoint) were inaugurated on the same day. Located at the head of the Hercílio Luz Bridge, the belvedere offers a beautiful panoramic view of the city centre. Address: Alameda Adolfo Konder, s/n. Next to the insular head of the Hercílio Luz Bridge - In front of park of light.
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