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Tourism in São Paulo

Avenida Paulista

Nothing more certain than begin our tour by the most famous avenue, that became an maximum icon for the paulistanos, Avenida Paulista. For its grandeur apart São Paulo from other cities of Brazil and the world.
It all started with a simple urbanization of residential lots. And in December 1891, opened the first road to be paved and wooded. São Paulo at the time did not contained more than 100 thousand inhabitants.
It was then built in 1892, today the park that is named Parque Tenente Siqueira Campos, also known by its former name, Parque Trianon, where its green is reminiscent of the Atlantic and it features native species and several sculptures.
Over the years, the buildings residential opened the way for commercial buildings. One of the landmarks of modern architecture was the inauguration of the National Assembly in 1956.
The region attracted many investments for be well located and has great infrastructure. All this interest has consolidated the avenue as the biggest business center in Latin America. Due to the large number of corporate headquarters, banks and hotels, the Paulista receives thousands of tourists of business every day.

Casa das Rosas
Already we saying about Avenida Paulista, why not learn a space dedicated to various cultural events, with a focus on poetry and literature?

It was built in the time that was inhabited by the Paulista coffee masters.
In 1986 became the state government.
Soon in 1991 was opened as a cultural center, and due to his possession of a beautiful rose garden, earned its name and was not changed until today (Casa das Rosas). However, for your own personal collection of Haroldo de Campos and do a tribute to the poet (died 2003), was renamed in 2004 as Casa das Rosas - Space Haroldo de Campos Poetry and Literature.

Rua Augusta
How about a place to replenish the energies and buy some clothes with different prints?

Over the years, one of the most popular streets