While I was walking through downtown São Paulo I ran across the Teatro Municipal of São Paulo (Theater). The theater is an absolutely beautiful building with a classical look to it. Built in 1911, today the theater stands as one of the most important landmarks of São Paulo. The architect, Carlos Lemos, patterned the theater to closely resemble the Paris theater in style and appearance.
After becoming a gathering place of renown artists and musicians, today it hosts theatrical plays and operas by the greatest national and international composers and playwrights. Right by the theater is located the Praça Ramos de Azevedo. Although I didn't realize at first, nearly three years ago I had gone proseltyzing as a missionary at the very same park. It was in the days that I was at the Missionary Training Center in São Paulo and when our instructor led us to a park to get some practice talking to people about the church. Since then I always wondered about that park, and it was through complete fluke by sheer chance that I found the park again! The park has some beautiful sculptures, especially one of galloping horses right above a massive fountain head. Unfortunately much of the park has been scarred by the increasing levels of graffiti and is filled with shady looking figures. It's a place that if you visit São Paulo you should visit, but always with a close eye on belongings.
While I was walking through downtown São Paulo I ran across the Teatro Municipal of São Paulo (Theater). The theater is an absolutely beautiful building with a classical look to it. Built in 1911, today the theater stands as one of the most important landmarks of São Paulo. The architect, Carlos Lemos, patterned the theater to closely resemble the Paris theater in style and appearance. After becoming a gathering place of renown artists and musicians, today it hosts theatrical plays and operas by the greatest national and international composers and playwrights. Right by the theater is located the Praça Ramos de Azevedo. Although I didn't realize at first, nearly three years ago I had gone proseltyzing as a missionary at the very same park. It was in the days that I was at the Missionary Training Center in São Paulo and when our instructor led us to a park to get some practice talking to people about the church. Since then I always wondered about that park, and it was through complete fluke by sheer chance that I found the park again! The park has some beautiful sculptures, especially one of galloping horses right above a massive fountain head. Unfortunately much of the park has been scarred by the increasing levels of graffiti and is filled with shady looking figures. It's a place that if you visit São Paulo you should visit, but always with a close eye on belongings. 
Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
Praça Ramos de Azevedo
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