Estação Júlio Prestes

São Paulo


This grand turn-of-the-century beaux arts–style working railway station (actually completed in the 1930s) houses the Pina_Estacão, an annex of the Pina_Luz hosting Sampa's three best contemporary art halls. Also here is the powerful Memorial da Resistência, occupying cells where dissidents were tortured during Brazil’s military dictatorship, and the state-of-the-art Sala São Paulo.


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1. Pina_Estacão

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Located inside Estação Júlio Prestes, this annex of nearby Pina_Luz hosts Sampa's three best contemporary art halls for temporary exhibitions.

2. Memorial da Resistência

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Inside Estação Júlio Prestes, the powerful Memorial da Resistência includes occupying cells where dissidents were tortured Brazil’s military dictatorship…

3. Museu da Língua Portuguesa

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Half of Estação da Luz has been given over to this museum, with fascinating permanent exhibits documenting the rise of the Brazilian language as distinct…

4. Estação da Luz

0.27 MILES

Across the street from the Parque da Luz sits one of São Paulo's most stunning structures, a classic late-Victorian train station constructed with…

5. Pina_Luz

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This elegant neoclassical museum, formerly known as Pinacoteca do Estado but modernly rebranded 'Pina_Luz' (with the underline!) in 2017, houses an…

6. Museu de Arte Sacra

0.59 MILES

The best of its kind in Brazil, this museum includes works by renowned 18th-century sculptor Antônio Aleijadinho, along with some 1000 other…

7. Mosteiro São Bento

0.74 MILES

Among the city’s oldest and most important churches, São Bento dates to 1598, though its neo-Gothic facade dates only to the early 20th century. Step…

8. Theatro Municipal

0.75 MILES

São Paulo’s most splendid construction, this theater was begun in 1903 in the style of Paris’ Palais Garnier. Its heavily ornamented facade seems to…

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