Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in São Paulo, Brazil

The Armenian Evangelical Central Church of St. Paul is a local Presbyterian church, organized in St. Paul in 1926 by Armenian immigrants who fled the Armenian Genocide of the Turkish-Ottoman Empire. It is now part of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and affiliated with the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches of North America.

Wikipedia: Igreja Central Evangélica Armênia de São Paulo (PT)

The Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Luz or simply the Monastery of Luz is a convent that is part of the Order of Conceptionist Sisters. They live in cloister, that is, secluded at all times within the Monastery.

Wikipedia: Mosteiro da Imaculada Conceição da Luz (PT)

Jardim da Luz is a public park near the Luz station and Avenida Tiradentes in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo. The headquarters of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is located in the southeastern corner of the park.

Wikipedia: Jardim da Luz (EN)

The Museum of the Portuguese Language is an interactive Portuguese language—and Linguistics/Language Development in general—museum in São Paulo, Brazil. It is housed in the Estação da Luz railway station, in the urban district of the same name. Three hundred thousand passengers arrive and leave the station every day, and the choice of the building for the launching of the museum is connected to the fact that it was mainly here that thousands of non-Portuguese speaking immigrants arriving from Europe and Asia into São Paulo via the Port of Santos got acquainted with the language for the first time. The idea of a museum-monument to the language was conceived by the São Paulo Secretary of Culture in conjunction with the Roberto Marinho Foundation, at a cost of around 37 million reais.

Wikipedia: Museum of the Portuguese Language (EN), Website

Luz Station is a commuter rail and intercity rail station in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, serving RFFSA, the intercity rail network of Brazil, CPTM Line 7-Ruby, Line 11-Coral and Line 13–Jade (Airport-Express). It has subway connections to São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue and ViaQuatro Line 4-Yellow via its underground metro station of the same name.

Wikipedia: Luz Station (EN)

The São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra is a Brazilian orchestra based in São Paulo. The principal concert venue of OSESP is the Sala São Paulo.

Wikipedia: São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (EN), Website

The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is one of the most important art museums in Brazil. It is housed in a 1900 building in Jardim da Luz, Downtown São Paulo, designed by Ramos de Azevedo and Domiziano Rossi to be the headquarters of the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts. It is the oldest art museum in São Paulo, founded on December 24, 1905, and established as a public state museum since 1911.

Wikipedia: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (EN)

The Jewish Immigration Memorial has the oldest synagogue in the state, Kehilat Israel, located in the central region of the city of São Paulo, in the Bom Retiro neighborhood. Founded in 1912, the Memorial addresses the history of Jewish immigrants who came to Brazil, bringing documents, photos and objects to narrate this period. The memorial guarantees free admission for all audiences, and showing them in a more technological and didactic way a part of the Jewish culture present in our country offers monitored visits, just by appointment.

Wikipedia: Memorial da Imigração Judaica (PT)

The Polo Cultural e Esportivo Grande Otelo, commonly known as Anhembi Sambadrome, is a Sambadrome and one of the largest outdoor venues for major events in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. It opened in 1991, and has a capacity of 103,200 people. It hosts around 30 events per year, including the São Paulo carnival, Independence Day celebrations, and music events.

Wikipedia: Anhembi Sambadrome (EN)