Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano

São Paulo


Home of the couple who developed the leafy, upscale suburb of Morumbi, this fine retreat hosts impressive gardens and a lovely collection of painting, sculpture and objets d’art from the 18th- to the 20th-centuries. The 1950s house-turned-museum is a small masterpiece of Brazilian modernism, and there’s also a lovely cafe that serves traditional high tea for R$68.


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