Mosteiro De Sao Bento

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8 / 10

4 expert reviews

“Easily São Paulo's most beautiful and haunting house of worship, São Bento Monastery dates back to 1598 (though its neo-Gothic facade is purely 20th century).”

– Afar Magazine

Fodor's Fodor's
"The church's enormous organ has some 6,000 pipes, and its Russian image of the Kasperovo Virgin is covered with 6,000 pearls from the Black Sea." Full review
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"Among the city’s oldest and most important churches, São Bento dates to 1598, though its neo-Gothic facade dates only to the early 20th century." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"The in-house bakery of Mosteiro São Bento is a real treat, with highly sought after breads, cakes, pastries, biscuits and jams made by the monks from centuries old recipes." Full review