Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in São Paulo, Brazil

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Assumption and Saint Paul, also known as the See Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil. Its current and seventh metropolitan archbishop is Dom Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on March 21, 2007, and installed on April 29 of the same year. The existing cathedral's construction, in a Gothic revival style, began in 1913 and ended four decades later. It was ready for its dedication on the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the then humble villa of São Paulo by Chief or Cacique Tibiriçá and the Jesuit priests Manuel da Nóbrega and José de Anchieta. Despite its Renaissance-style dome, the São Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral is considered by some to be the fourth largest neo-Gothic cathedral in the world.

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Praça da Sé 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 movement. The name originates from the episcopal see of the city, the São Paulo Cathedral.

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Marco Zero is a geographic monument in downtown São Paulo. In 1934, the marble milestone was installed in front of the São Paulo Cathedral on the Praça da Sé to symbolize the center of the city. The sculpture is a both a tourist attraction and a central point of reference for street numbers in the city. Marco Zero has been registered for historic preservation since 2007.

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The Secretariat of Justice and Citizenship of the State of São Paulo has occupied buildings 148 and 184 of the Pátio do Colégio, in the central region of São Paulo, since 1997. The buildings were designed by São Paulo engineer and architect Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo (1851–1928), between 1869 and 1888, to originally occupy the Secretariat of Agriculture and the Secretariat of Finance and Treasury.

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Casa Número Um is a historic residence located in the center of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, so known for being located at nº 1 of the old Rua do Carmo, current 136-B of Rua Roberto Simonsen. House No. 1 is a three-story house built where there was a rammed earth house, whose first owner, according to records from 1689, was Francisco Dias, and was later sold to the pioneer Gaspar de Godoy Moreira. In 1855 it was transformed into the Ateneu Paulistano school and, with the death of its last director, it was sold to Major Benedito Antônio da Silva, responsible for the masonry construction, and remains so until today.

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The Anchieta Museum is located in the square of Pátio do Colégio, in the center of São Paulo, which is considered a place of collective memory for São Paulo and national education, having a collection of excellence for the history of education.

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Immortal Glory of the Founders of São Paulo is a monument located in São Paulo, created by Amedeo Zani and inaugurated in 1925. It is located in the Pátio do Colégio.

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The building of the former Bank of São Paulo is a listed monument located in the center of the city of São Paulo. Located at Praça Antônio Prado number 9 and Rua 15 de Novembro number 347, it was officially listed by CONDEPHAAT in 2003 for its historical-architectural importance to the city of São Paulo.

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The Altino Arantes Building, also known as the Banespa Building and most popularly by Banespão, is an important Art Deco skyscraper located in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Vale do Anhangabaú is a region in the city center of São Paulo, located between the viaducts do Chá and Santa Ifigênia. It is a public space commonly characterized as park, where events have traditionally been organized, such as public demonstrations, political rallies, presentations and popular shows. It is considered the point that separates the Old City Center from the New City Center.

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The Beco do Pinto, also known as Beco do Colégio, is a passage located between the Casa Número Um and Solar da Marquesa de Santos in the center of São Paulo. It links the streets Roberto Simonsen and Bitterncourt Rodrigues. In Brazil's colonial times, it had the function of allowing the transit of people and animals between the Largo da Sé and the meadow of the Tamanduateí River. Today, under the administration of Casa da Imagem, it houses projects developed for the space by contemporary artists. The passage has been integrated as part of the Museu da Cidade de São Paulo.

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Parque Dom Pedro II is a park located in the Sé neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. It lies on the border between the Historic Center of São Paulo and the Brás neighborhood.

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Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo also known as the Capela da Venerável Ordem Terceira do Carmo or the Capela dos Terceiros do Carmo, is located in São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded in the second half of the 17th century by a group of laypeople as an adjacent chapel to the Convento do Carmo de São Paulo, which opened in 1592 and was demolished in 1928.

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The Catavento Museum is an interactive museum, inaugurated in 2009. It is dedicated to science and its dissemination, and is located in the Palácio das Indústrias, in São Paulo, Brazil. The 12,000 square meter space is divided into 4 sections: "Universo" ("Universe"),"Vida" ("Life"), "Engenho" ("Ingenuity") and "Sociedade" ("Society") and has more than 250 installations. Aimed at young audiences, it was founded by the state secretariats of culture and education, with an investment of 20 million reais after 14 months of construction.

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