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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.
Module:Location map/data/Brazil Sao Paulo is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of São Paulo state. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
São Paulo (/ ˌ s aʊ ˈ p aʊ l oʊ /, Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus.It is located in the Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the ...
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In 1994 São Paulo boasted an average income of US$4,666, while Minas Gerais reported only US$2,833. [1] Originally, the principal biome in the Southeast was the Atlantic Forest, but by 1990 less than 10% of the original forest cover remained as a result of clearing for farming, ranching, and charcoal making. [1]
Module:Location map/data/Brazil São Paulo City is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of São Paulo. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Liberdade was successfully connected to the São Paulo subway network in the 1970s, opening the area up to commerce. Today, thousands of tourist from inside and outside the city flock to the public square in Liberdade every weekend to purchase craft goods at the local weekly fair .
The Historic Center of São Paulo (Portuguese: Centro Histórico de São Paulo), also known as Centro, is a neighborhood in the Central Zone of the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. It corresponds to the area where the city was founded on January 25, 1554, by the Jesuit priests António Vieira, Joseph of Anchieta and Manuel da Nobrega.