10 Sights in Campinas, Brazil (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Campinas, Brazil! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Campinas. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Campinas1. Torre do Castelo
The Castle Tower - Vítor Negrete is a water tower of the water tower type, built in the art deco style, with 27 meters high, located in Praça 23 de Outubro, in the Jardim Chapadão neighborhood, in the city of Campinas, Brazil.
2. Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Campinas "José Pancetti" (MACC) is a municipal public institution, subordinated to the Secretariat of Culture and Tourism, and focused on the conservation, study and dissemination of Brazilian contemporary art. It is located in a building attached to the Jequitibás Palace, under the Municipal Library "Ernesto Manoel Zink" on Benjamin Constant Avenue, in the center of Campinas, a municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
3. Bosque dos Jequitibas
The Bosque dos Jequitibás, created in the 1880s, is a park located in the Bosque neighborhood, in the Central Region of the city of Campinas, being one of the largest and oldest leisure areas in the city, with approximately one million visitors per year. It is located at an altitude between 652 m and 681 m. It has a total area of approximately 10 ha, while the area of native forest reserve of the Atlantic Forest is 2.33 ha, mixed with other types of vegetation and buildings. It includes a zoo with wild animals, a natural museum, a municipal aquarium, kiosks that sell food to visitors and the Carlos Maia Theater for children.
4. Jockey Club Campineiro
The Jockey Club Campineiro is a historic building located in the center of the Brazilian city of Campinas. The building, in an eclectic style and with elements of art nouveau and neo-renaissance, was completed in 1925, having been elected in 2008 one of the Seven Wonders of Campinas. It has 1,371.8 square meters and three floors.
5. Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS)
The Palácio dos Azulejos is a historic building located in the center of the city of Campinas, at the intersection of Ferreira Penteado and Regente Feijó streets. It has this name due to its Portuguese tile covering on the upper floor.
6. Planetário de Campinas
The Campinas Planetarium is located inside Parque Portugal, known as Lagoa do Taquaral, one of the main tourist attractions in Campinas, Brazil. Since its inauguration on October 28, 1987, this space has served more than 580 thousand people in various activities.
7. Largo do Carmo
Largo do Carmo is considered the ground zero of the foundation of the city of Campinas, São Paulo. In its surroundings are the Carmo Church, the Bento Quirino College, the Campineiro Jockey Club and the Monument-tomb of the Campinas composer and conductor Carlos Gomes.
8. Palácio da Mogiana
The Mogiana Palace is a historic building located in the center of the city of Campinas. The building faces Visconde do Rio Branco Street, Campos Sales Avenue and General Osório Street, occupying approximately half a block.
9. Praça Arautos da Paz
Arautos da Paz Square is a square located in the East Region of Campinas, next to Parque Portugal and Lagoa do Taquaral. It is an open space, with an area of 65,000m², built in 2001, during the mandate of Mayor Antônio da Costa Santos, on a large undeveloped plot of land to host the 14th National Eucharistic Congress and revitalized in 2004, which hosts large-scale shows, circuses, open-air cinema sessions and June festivals, among other events, due to its location and the space available for large gatherings of people. On April 21, 2016 it was the stage for a free concert by the band Sepultura, there was confusion among the more than 20 thousand people present and three people were stabbed and one person was arrested.
10. Estação Cultura
The Estação Cultura "Prefeito Antônio da Costa Santos", also known as Campinas Station, Campinas Central Station or Fepasa Station, is the former central railway station of the city of Campinas, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil and since 2002, it has been operating as a cultural center.
Wikipedia: Estação Cultura Prefeito Antônio da Costa Santos (PT), Website, Heritage Website
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