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Previously known as the Banespa building (after the bank that used to occupy the building), it was the tallest skyscraper in the city between its completion in 1947 and the construction of the Itália building in 1965. Aside from art exhibitions, a cafe and an indoor skate park, visitors can take a lift to the 35th floor and climb up to the tower, from which there are panoramic views of the city. The top of the building lights up in different colors to celebrate certain dates.
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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Once the bank’s first headquarters in São Paulo — offers an excellent program of arts, movies, theater and music at accessible prices.
Largo São Bento
The square holds São Bento's church and monastery, a 17th century monastery, where mass is still held against a backdrop of Gregorian chants. The monks' bakery is a temptation. Give in, it’s no sin.
Dedicated to one of the city's founders, José de Anchieta, and also the place where São Paulo was founded on January 25, 1554. It contains many paintings and historic documents, the most interesting of which is a scale model of early São Paulo. The Pátio do Colégio square also contains a church where his femur is located, alongside a library.
Vale do Anhangabaú
The valley is a giant boulevard with gardens, sculptures and a view of the main downtown office buildings. The Altino Arantes building and the Correios Palace are here.
Palácio do Anhangabaú, Edifício Matarazzo, Banespinha
São Paulo's city hall is a building from the 1930s in modernist architectural style. The building had been the home of Matarazzo Industries, which used to be the most powerful manufacturing company in Brazil.