São Paulo

São Paulo was founded by Jesuits in 1554, as a small village, and it was inhabbited by Indians. The place was chosen because of the two rivers: “Tamanduateí” and “Anhangabaú”. It was the headquarters from where the expeditions left to catch Indians and find precious minerals, and it only developed at the end of the 19th century, when imigrants from many parts of the world came to the city to restart their lives.

Since then, São Paulo has been an international city, the third largest one in the world. Besides that, the city is the third biggest Italian city in the world, the biggest Japanese city out of Japan, the biggest Portuguese city out of Portugal, the biggest Spanish city out of Spain and the third biggest Libanese city out of Liban. Around 40% of the most important national companies have their main office there and around 60% of the international groups are installed there, too.São Paulo is responsible for 18% of the national GDP (GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT).

The city is richer than New Zealand, Ireland, Chile, Venezuela and Peru. It is the most important financial center in Brazil and the address of 10.2 million people. It is a famous business target and the city receives more than 7,000 events per year, attracting over 4 million visitors.

The city offers visitors two airports: “Guarulhos”, the international airport, a little bit away from downtown and the national airport “Congonhas”, which is the busiest one in Latin America. Apart from the airports, São Paulo has one of the most modern subway systems with around 60km. It is clean, safe and easy to use.

This metropolis also offers, the best medical center of Latin America where we can find the largest health complex called “Hospital das Clínicas”.
Besides the fame, São Paulo is not only work, but there are more than 500 cinema rooms spread all over the city as well as over 120 theaters, 71 museums and 11 cultural centers. Some known cultural centers are: “MASP” (São Paulo Museum of Art), “MAM” (Modern Art Museum) and “OCA”, where we have exhibitions. São Paulo is the World Capital of Gastronomy and because of that the food is cosmopolitan, so you can eat anything you want, at anytime, anywhere and at any price.

This huge city is a lovely place to be visited with friendly warm people all around and where you will certainly feel at home.

Project from

Camila Gasparetto Barazetti

Juliana Buono Francoso

Marcelo A. Camarotto

Pablo Lorenzon Coutinho

Fluency

Teacher Maria Silvia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch