Sao Paulo – Casa das Retortas is a factory museum, which is located in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Sao Paulo – Casa das Retortas is located in Rua Figueira and its construction dates back to the time, when British ruled the region. The factory museum is as old as one hundred years and is constructed in a style that is typical of British industries. The Sao Paulo – Casa das Retortas is also famous since it once housed the very first gasometer of the country.
Some of the important tourist attractions located at the region surrounding the Casa das Retortas in Sao Paulo includes the following:
- A Cathedral
- Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo, which is
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an education institution
- The Largo de São Francisco
- The Martinelli Building, which is a historical museum
- The City Museum or the Museu da Cidade
- The Mosteiro de São Bento, a historical museum
- Pátio do Colégio
- Santo Antônio
- São Gonçalo.
The Casa das Retortas, Sao Paulo is one of the prime witnesses of the industrial as well as the commercial growth of the country and the tremendous spread of the urban culture in the land since the late 19th century. The Sao Paulo Casa das Retortas is presently being used as a research center in Brazil.
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