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Octavio Frias de Oliveira (5 August 1912 in Rio de Janeiro – 29 April 2007 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian businessman who gained recognition for turning newspaper Folha de S. Paulo – acquired by himself and partner Carlos Caldeira in August 1962 – into one of the most influential Brazilian media organizations.
Eldest son of Octavio Frias de Oliveira, an entrepreneur who bought the company responsible for Folha in 1962, Frias Filho started to work for the newspaper in 1975, writing editorials and helping out journalist Cláudio Abramo, who headed the newsroom. He took part in the editorial reforms conducted by Octavio Frias and Abramo during that ...
The Church of Mount Carmel displays a collection of São Paulo's colonial art, including paintings on the chancel and choir ceilings by Friar Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, an 18th-century rococo altar and panels from the demolished Recolhimento de Santa Teresa. It is listed as a heritage site by IPHAN and CONPRESP. [4] [5] [6]
The remains of personalities such as Brigadier Rafael Tobias de Aguiar, patron of the 1st Riot Police Battalion, Francisco Antônio de Sousa Queirós, Ana Blandina da Silva Prado and Brigadier Luís Antônio can be found in the grave located in one of the rooms inside the Church of the Wounds of the Seraphic Father Saint Francis. [12] [13]
Pátio do Colégio. Although it is common to consider the Sé and República districts as the historic center of São Paulo, the title truly belongs to the Sé district, more specifically to the area between Largo de São Francisco, Largo São Bento and Sé Square, which form the "historical triangle" where a Jesuit college was built and from which the settlement, and later the town of São ...
Looking south-southwest: Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge carrying two oppositely curved roadways Looking east: Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge stay cables crisscrossing on the Pinheiros River side The "X"-shaped tower is anchored onto the east bank of the Pinheiros River at the end of the Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue; it is 138 meters ...
The first public protest for the Diretas occurred in the emancipated town of Abreu e Lima, in Pernambuco, on March 31, 1983.Periodicals of the state of Pernambuco organized members of the PMDB party in the city, followed by protests in the capital of the state of Goiás, Goiânia, on June 15, 1983, as well as the Charles Miller Plaza, in front of Pacaembu Stadium, on November 27, 1983, in São ...
The Catholic Church and its conservative supporters saw the Iglesias law as another piece of anticlerical legislation that diminished its power. Other laws had removed the church from its former role in recording births, marriages, and deaths as baptisms, wedding banns, holy matrimony, and burials in which priests were owed fees and created a ...