Praça da Sé
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.Photo: Gabrielt4e, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Sao Paulo
- Also known as: “Praca da Se”, “Sé square”, and “See square”
Photo: Scalero, Public domain.
Photo: Gabrielt4e, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include São Paulo Cathedral and Edifício Altino Arantes.
São Paulo Cathedral
Church
Photo: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. São Paulo Cathedral is situated 120 metres southwest of Praça da Sé.
Edifício Altino Arantes
Photo: Donatas Dabravolskas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Edifício Altino Arantes is situated 500 metres north of Praça da Sé.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sé and Downtown São Paulo.
Sé
Suburb
Sé is the name of the most central borough in the city of São Paulo, in Brazil, divided in eight districts. The name comes from the presence of São Paulo Cathedral in the borough, and it is also the name of the central square.
Downtown São Paulo
Photo: Rodrigo.Argenton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
São Paulo's downtown area is where the city was founded and started to grow from, in 1554. It is a concentration of historic buildings and protected areas, from different eras and architecture movements.
Praça da Sé
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Praça da Sé” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “براسا دا سي”
- Chinese: “主教座堂广场”
- Dutch: “Praça da Sé”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الكاتدرائيه”
- French: “Praça da Sé (São Paulo)”
- French: “Praça da Sé”
- German: “Praça da Sé”
- Italian: “Praça da Sé (San Paolo)”
- Italian: “Praça da Sé”
- Portuguese: “Praça da Sé”
- Slovenian: “Praça da Sé”
- Spanish: “Praça da Sé”
- Swedish: “Praça da Sé”
- Turkish: “Praça da Sé”
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