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Edit ThisPaulista Avenue at night
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Casa do Bandeirante
Edit ThisDisplays artifacts from Brazil’s age of internal exploration.
| type: | Museums |
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Sao Paulo Museum of Art
Edit ThisLocaly known as MASP (Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo) it’s a must-see with a fine collection of Portinaris and one of the largest compilations of impressionist paintings in the world.
On Sundays, in the space below the main building, there is an open fair of antiquities and gadgets where you can find old stamps, masks, clothes and a large variety of crafts.
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| address: | Avenida Paulista, 1578 |
| tel: | (55)(11) 3251 5644 |
| url: | masp.uol.com.br |
Sacred Art Museum
Edit ThisThe Sacred Art Museum near the Tiradentes subway stop is claimed to be the best on the subject in Brazil.
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Ipiranga Museum
Edit ThisLocated near the place where Pedro I declared independence from Portugal in 1822.
| type: | Synagogues |
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Ibirapuera Park
Edit ThisOne of the most famous parks of Sao Paulo and a favorite weekend program for all people. lucerito:
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Avenida Paulista
Edit ThisPaulista Avenue at night
Skyscraper-lined Avenida Paulista was the street where coffee barons
lived and now is the commercial center of the city. All main banks have
a branch at Avenida Paulista. You will find a lot of restaurants and
fast foods. It is worth to look at the parallel and perpendicular
streets next to the avenue to find more restaurants, bookstores, fine
hotels and shops.
In the avenue you will find the MASP (Sao Paulo Museum of Art) and
(close to its end) the Casa das Rosas (House of Roses) where usually
there are art expositions. Next to Casa das Rosas you will also find
the more..
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| accessibility: | bus, subway |
| address: | Avenida Paulista |
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Edit ThisIn the same building as the Bienale, but open all year round.
| type: | Museums |
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Rua Barao de Itapetininga
Edit ThisA pedestrian shopping street that leads to the baroque Municipal Theatre and one of the city’s symbols the Viaduto do Cha.
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University of Sao Paulo
Edit ThisView from Owl's Hill
photo by: Roberto Alamino
Locally known as USP (Universidade de Sao Paulo) ,
it is the largest university in Brazil. Most of the buildings have
expositions and little museums related to the subject studied. There
are also a museum of contemporary art (MAC, Museu de Arte Contemporanea) and an antropology museum.
The university campus is a large green area with a lot of birds
including owls and parrots and from the Owl's Hill (in portuguese, Morro da Coruja) on the Institute of more..
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| url: | www.usp.br |
| address: | Butanta |
