Downtown São Paulo
São Paulo's city downtown area is where the city was founded, in 1554. It contains many historical buildings and areas which are protected by the municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: geographic location
- Description: historic sector in São Paulo, Brazil
- Also known as: “Centro Histórico de São Paulo” and “Historic Center of São Paulo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mirante do Vale and Edifício Itália.
Mirante do Vale
Mirante do Vale Building, commonly called Mirante do Vale, is a 170-metre office skyscraper located in São Paulo, Brazil, in the area of Downtown São Paulo and Vale do Anhangabaú.
Edifício Itália
Photo: Dornicke, Public domain.
Edifício Itália is a 165 m tall 46-story skyscraper located in the República district, Central Zone of São Paulo, Brazil. Built from 1956 to 1965, it has a rooftop observation deck, open for tourists.
Edifício Altino Arantes
Photo: Wikimedia, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bela Vista and República.
Bela Vista
Suburb
Bela Vista is one of the most traditional Italian neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the borough of Sé, and it has been a mixed neighborhood since its beginning, where free African-Brazilians and/or a mixture of Native-Brazilians, Blacks and Portuguese descendants lived.
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
- Category: historic site
- Location: São Paulo, Grande São Paulo, São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-23.5485° or 23° 32′ 55″ southLongitude
-46.6429° or 46° 38′ 34″ westOpen location code
588MF924+HRWikidata ID
Q8343769
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Downtown São Paulo” goes by many names.
- French: “Centre historique de São Paulo”
- Italian: “Centro di San Paolo”
- Portuguese: “Centro Histórico de São Paulo”
- Portuguese: “Centro Histórico”
- Spanish: “Centro Historico de San Pablo”
- Spanish: “Centro Histórico de San Pablo”
- Spanish: “Centro historico de Sao Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro Historico de Sao Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro historico de São Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro Historico de São Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro histórico de Sao Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro Histórico de Sao Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro histórico de São Paulo”
- Spanish: “Centro Histórico de São Paulo”
- Turkish: “São Paulo tarihî merkez”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Downtown São Paulo”. Photo: Rodrigo.Argenton, CC BY-SA 4.0.