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Colégio Polilogos
Colégio Polilogos () was a South Korean international school in Bom Retiro, São Paulo, Brazil. It was operated by Associação Brasileira de Educação Coreana (ABEC; ) and was the largest Korean international day school in South America. It was recognized by the South Korean government and was bilingual in Korean and Portuguese. Construction started around 1996. It opened in 1998.Chi, Jungyun.O bom retiro dos coreanos: descrição de um enclave étnico" Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, 2016. p. 176 (PDF p. 90/124). "[...]inauguração do Colégio Polilogos na Rua Solon, Bom Reitor, no ano de 1998,[...]" Available onAcademia.edu. The Ministry of Education (South Korea) helped pay for the establishment of the school, which took 3.5 billion won of ministry funding and donations and another 3.5 billion won of investments. At some point it was not registered as a nonprofit organization in Brazil, so taxes began to decimate the school in a three-year pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
