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One of the country's most important and iconic stadiums, Estádio do Pacaembu is an art deco giant built in 1940, and 10 years later hosted six matches of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Since then, it has hosted several final matches for national and continental tournaments, alongside large concerts for famous performers, such as Paul McCartney, Iron Maiden, Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. Nowadays, it also houses a museum all about the sport.
The Estádio do Pacaembu, currently known as Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in São Paulo, Brazil. Located in the Pacaembu neighbourhood, it is owned by Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo.
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Museu de Arte Brasileira
Ran by Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), an arts university. Houses a variety of temporary exhibitions.
One of the few green areas in the Center, it contains bronze statues by France artists, some built into fountains.
Focused on showcasing Latin American artists, with the entrance changing its painting whenever there's a new exhibition. Ironically, despite being named "Red Gallery", the walls are mostly white.
Cemitério da Consolação
Since the early 20th century, this necropolis has buried some of the most well known figures in Brazil, such as Tarsila do Amaral, Mário de Andrade and Monteiro Lobato, many of them with beautiful sculptures carved for their graves. The wealthy Matarazzo family owns the largest mausoleum in South America, located here.
Elevado Presidente Costa e Silva
The Minhocão ("Big Worm"), a 2.7-km-long highway opened in 1970, is considered to be a monument to poor urban planning and to the chaotic growth of the city in a not-so-distant past. Its construction turned a large portion of the city center into a degraded area. The highway is closed to cars, but open for pedestrians and bicycles, Monday to Friday from 20:00 to 7:00, Saturdays starting from 15:00 and the entirety of Sunday. Over the Minhocão, you have a unique view of the west part of the city center, mostly the Santa Cecília district. Seeing the Minhocão from below is also interesting, as it has been covered with works of art.
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Consolação
Built in the neo-gothic style in 1909, when its surroundings were still semi-rural and poor. Contains paintings of Benedito Calixto and Oscar Pereira da Silva.