Igreja Da Ordem Terceira Do Carmo (São Paulo)
''Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo'' (English language, English: Church of the Third Order of Mount Carmel) also known as the ''Capela da Venerável Ordem Terceira do Carmo'' (Chapel of the Venerable Third Order of Mount Carmel) or the ''Capela dos Terceiros do Carmo'' (Chapel of the Third Order of Mount Carmel), is located in São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded in the second half of the 17th century by a group of laypeople as an adjacent chapel to the ''Convent of Mount Carmel of São Paulo, Convento do Carmo de São Paulo'' (Convent of Mount Carmel of São Paulo), which opened in 1592 and was demolished in 1928. The current building was constructed on rammed earth between 1747 and 1758. From 1772 to 1802, it was enlarged and added a new frontispiece designed by Tebas (architect), Joaquim Pinto de Oliveira. In 1929, it underwent an extensive renovation and was partially rebuilt. The Church of Mount Carmel displays a collection of São Paulo's colonial art, including paintings on ...
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São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ...
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