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Founding of São Paulo, 1909 painting by Oscar Pereira da Silva Courtyard of the college, Pátio do Colégio, in the Historic Center of São Paulo. At this location, the city was founded in 1554. The current building is a reconstruction made in the late 20th century, based on the Jesuit college and church that were erected at the site in 1653.
São Paulo is one of 27 states of Brazil, located southwest of the Southeast Region. The state area is 248,222.362 km 2 (95,839.190 sq mi), most of the north of the Tropic of Capricorn, and the 12th unit of the Brazilian federation in area and the second in the Southeast region, behind only Minas Gerais.
8 km 2 (3.2 sq mi) The Central Zone (Portuguese: Zona Central de São Paulo) is an administrative zone of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. One of the largest commercial and business districts in South America, the region is administered by the subprefecture of Sé. It is not concurrent, although often confused, with the regions known as Centro ...
Founding of São Paulo, 1909 painting by Oscar Pereira da Silva. The history of the city of São Paulo runs parallel to the history of Brazil, throughout approximately 470 years of its existence, in relation to the country's more than five hundred years. During the first three centuries since its foundation, São Paulo stood out in several ...
The São Paulo Museum of Art (Portuguese: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or MASP) is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. [2] [3] It is well known for its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo Bardi, whose main body is supported by two lateral beams over a 74 metres (243 ft) freestanding space. [4]
Opened. 1970. (1970) Praça da Sé (English: See Square) is a public space in São Paulo, Brazil. Considered as the city's central point, it is the point from where the distance of all roads passing through São Paulo are counted. The square was the location of many historical events in São Paulo's history, most notably during the Diretas Já ...
The RMSP of São Paulo is known as a financial and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 20,743,587 inhabitants (2022 census [3]). The largest municipalities are São Paulo, with a population of 11,451,245, Guarulhos with a population of 1,291,784 people, plus several municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, such as ...
Map of the province of São Paulo (1886). The governor of Minas Gerais, Luís Diogo Lobo da Silva [ pt ] , on September 24, 1764, annexed the left bank of the Sapucaí River , extending the borders of Minas Gerais to roughly the current border with São Paulo, which never recovered the annexed territory, even after the captaincy was re-created.