Consolação Street
Consolação Street (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Rua da Consolação'') is an important thoroughfare in the Brazilian São Paulo, city of São Paulo. It begins in the Central Zone of São Paulo, central area of the city, near the Vale do Anhangabaú, Anhangabaú Valley, and ends at Estados Unidos Street, in the Jardins district. It has three different stretches. In the first and third sections, between Anhangabaú Valley and São Luís Avenue, and between Paulista Avenue and Estados Unidos Street, it consists of a single lane road. In the central section, it has eight lanes (two of which are exclusive bus lanes) and integrates the Campo Limpo-Rebouças-Centro bus corridor. History Consolação Street originated from the Pinheiros Path (''Caminho de Pinheiros''), a road that existed during colonial Brazil and connected Vila de São Paulo to Vila de Pinheiros. It marked the beginning of the route to the cities in the west. It started at the end of Direita Street, passed t ...
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São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ...
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