![Cover page of a copy of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 – 1908), dedicated by the author to the Brazilian National Library. The handwritten text reads "A Bibliotheca Nacional offerece Machado di Assis" and is reportedly Machado de Assis's own handwriting.
Image source: [1], linked at [2], from the Brazilian National Library.
Evidently, the book was published before 1908.](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/bras-br--235500--466167/1-Memorias_Posthumas_de_Braz_Cubas.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
São Paulo's oldest art museum housed in a stunning 19th-century building, with an outstanding collection of Brazilian art from the colonial era to modern day.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Brás
São Paulo, Brazil · South America
About Brás
Brás works well as a base: 2km from Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.
Brás is in São Paulo, Brazil, with about 39,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Brás is one of 96 districts in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Administratively part of the Southeast Zone of São Paulo, Brás is located immediately to the east of the historic downtown in the Subprefecture of Mooca. The district is an area of heavy industry with many factories and warehouses, known as a center ofRead more
textile manufacturing.
Two sets of railroad tracks cut across the district; the Brás rail station serves Metrô Line 3 (red) and three commuter rail lines operated by CPTM: Line 10 (turquoise), 11 (coral), and 12 (sapphire).
Brás is famous for hosting the Feirinha da Madrugada informal street market.
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What is there to see near Brás?
Within an hour or so of Brás: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2 km), Municipal Market of Sao Paulo (2 km), Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo (6 km), Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) (19 km).
Where is Brás?
Brás is in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 38,750
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- São Paulo
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -23.5500, -46.6167
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Worth the detour from Brás
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Municipal Market of Sao Paulo
A 1933 market hall with dozens of stained-glass panels of farming scenes overhead, famous for the towering mortadella sandwich and the pastel de bacalhau at its counter bars.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo
South America's most visited park designed by Oscar Niemeyer, with museums, a planetarium, and green space in the heart of the megacity.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos)
Home of the Brazilian Grand Prix, one of F1's most dramatic circuits set in São Paulo's urban landscape.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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