Meet your guide in front of Pateo Cuccina; R. Roberto Simonsen, 122 - Centro Histórico de São Paulo, São Paulo - SP, 01017-020, Brazil. Please do not enter the restaurant, it is only a meeting point and the staff is not informed about the tour. Walk from Pateo do Collegio, where São Paulo was founded, and learn how Brazil’s political direction during World War II shaped the city’s institutions and public life.

Hear about wartime rallies, ideological tensions, and how global conflict echoed through this symbolic civic space.

Admire the exterior of the Sé Metropolitan Cathedral as your guide explains its construction against the backdrop of wartime uncertainty and national identity.

Continue to Largo de São Francisco, long associated with law and political debate, where intellectual movements responded to authoritarianism and global events.

See the Martinelli Building from the outside and learn how this skyscraper became a symbol of modernity during a turbulent era marked by espionage fears and economic shifts.

End near the São Bento Monastery, discussing the role of religious institutions, immigrant communities, and press censorship during the war. This walking tour focuses on storytelling, original locations, and expert interpretation rather than museum visits, offering an insightful and respectful look at São Paulo’s WWII-era realities.