Sao Paulo History
Modern city, but with 450 years of history
Founded on 1554 by a
community of Jesuit parents, Sao Paulo was born
to be the economic and cultural heart of Brazil.
She is the pioneer in commerce, industry and
culture, something that must to the coffee
production that concentrated in century XIX.
That inheritance turned it the undisputed
Brazilian and South American, centralizadora
reference economic of the great investments
(33,921 industries, 71,256 commerce, 89,813
banking companies of services and 1,795
agencies).
Also it is the main front door from tourists to
Brazil by air: they enter the city near 1.345.000
disembarkations per year. The tourism of
businesses placed to the city like strategically
important point of the Mercosur, in line with the
main cities of the world.
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