Igreja De Santo Antônio (São Paulo)
The Church of Saint Anthony (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Igreja de Santo Antônio'') is a Catholic temple located in Patriarca Square, in the center of the Brazilian São Paulo, city of São Paulo. Established in 1592, the current church was completed between 1899 and 1919. It housed the Franciscans, Franciscan Order in the 17th century and was subordinated to the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of White Men in the 18th century. It is a historic monument of the state and the oldest remaining church in the city. The interior of the church preserves important testimonies of the art produced in São Paulo during the Colonial Brazil, colonial period. During the restoration work in 2005, the ceiling of the high Altar (Catholic Church), altar revealed sixteenth-century mural paintings of high technical and artistic quality. In 1970, the building was listed as a landmark site by Council for the Defense of Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage (''Conselho d ...
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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 ...
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