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unusual facts about Torneio Rio – São Paulo


Torneio Rio – São Paulo

Due to it continental size and historical peculiarities, Brazil has a short history of national competitions, with the modern Campeonato Brasileiro having started in 1971 supported by the then military regime and just became possible thanks to the changes and evolution in civil aviation and air transport.


ABADÁ-Capoeira

Mestre Cobra, Antonio Marcelo Rodrigues Trinade, was born in Amparo—a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo—on November 18th, 1963.

Alfredo Rizzotti

Alfredo Rullo Rizzotti, generally known as Alfredo Rizzotti (Serrana (São Paulo state) August 15, 1909 — São Paulo May 12, 1972) was a Brazilian artist, that worked with painting, drawing and interior design.

Alphaville

Alphaville, São Paulo, real estate of São Paulo, Brazil, and its gated communities.

Alphaville, São Paulo

Beginning in the 1990s, the company, now renamed Alphaville Urbanismo, expanded its developments to several other cities in Brazil, such as Aracaju, Campinas, São José dos Campos, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Goiania, Curitiba, Londrina, Maringá, Salvador, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Natal, Gramado, Manaus, and others, as well as to Portugal (in Cascais).

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense, commonly known as Velo Clube, is a Brazilian football club based in Rio Claro, São Paulo state.

Associação Ferroviária de Esportes

In 1994, the club was the runner-up of the Brazilian Série C, after losing to Novorizontino 1–0 in the first leg, at home, and 5–0 in the second leg, in Novo Horizonte.

Avare

:For the city in São Paulo, Brazil, see Avaré, São Paulo

Bruno Candido Farias

Bruno Candido Farias, commonly known as Bruno Farias (born 20 November 1987 in Panorama, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player at the position of midfielder.

Clube Atlético Linense

The Clube Atlético Linense is a traditional Brazilian football club from the city of Lins, interior of São Paulo state, in Brazil.

A poll conducted by TV TEM, the local affiliate of Rede Globo, found that only in the city of Lins, whose estimated population in 2007 was 70,000 inhabitants, there are approximately 45,00 fans known as atleticanos.

Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci

At that time, cursinhos were available primarily in São Paulo only, although Anglo was already establishing other units in São José dos Campos, Santos and Campinas.

Degredado

In 1533, the 'Bachelor' famously led a raid to sack and destroy the Portuguese colony of São Vicente.

Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos

Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro do Canto e Melo (São Paulo, December 27, 1797 — São Paulo, November 3, 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Dom Pedro I.

Eduardo Falaschi

His mother decided to move back to São Paulo, and then São Vicente, influenced by factors including the death of Falaschi's father.

Edvandro Cruz

Edvandro de Souza Cruz (born July 19, 1978 in Ilhabela, São Paulo) is a male cyclist from Brazil, specializing in competitive mountain biking.

Esporte Clube Santo André

Esporte Clube Santo André, also known as Santo André, is a Brazilian football team from Santo André, São Paulo state.

Ferreira Louis Marius

When a teenager, lived with his parents in São Vicente - coast of São Paulo - and liked to attend a town of fishermen in the region, called Guamium.

Footvolley

Footvolley started in Rio de Janeiro; however cities like Recife, Salvador, Brasília, Goiânia, Santos and Florianópolis have players who have been playing footvolley since the 1970s.

Geisa Arcanjo

Geisa Rafaela Arcanjo (born 19 September 1991, in São Roque, São Paulo) is a Brazilian athlete.

Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino

Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino, usually known simply as Novorizontino was a Brazilian football club from Novo Horizonte, São Paulo state.

Guaíra, São Paulo

It was named a "Distrito de Paz," (that is, was assigned a Justice of the Peace) with the name of Guaíra, by State Law n.

Insper

The school previously occupied a rented 12-storey building in the São Paulo suburb of Paraíso and in 2006 opened a new campus in the São Paulo neighborhood of Vila Olímpia.

Lasar Segall

Later that year, he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where three of his siblings were already living.

Legal status of polygamy

One of them, in Tupã, São Paulo, was registered as including a man and two women, as reported in August 2012.

Lina Bo Bardi

When she died she left designs for a new São Paulo City Hall and a Cultural Centre for Vera Cruz.

Língua Geral of São Paulo

The Língua Geral Paulista (São Paulo General language), or Tupí Austral (Southern Tupi), was a Tupi-based trade language of São Vicente, São Paulo, and the upper Tietê River.

Márcio Luiz Adurens

Márcio Luiz Adurens, known as Marcinho or Márcio Luiz, (born July 31, 1981 in Santos, São Paulo) is a footballer who plays for Greek team Diagoras F.C.

Monte Alto

Monte Alto, São Paulo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Montealtosuchus

The genus takes its name from the type locality in Monte Alto municipality.

Nilópolis

Nilópolis was part of the hereditary captainship of São Vicente that belonged to Martim Afonso de Sousa in 1531.

Passa Quatro

South: In São Paulo:
Cruzeiro, Lavrinhas and Queluz

Patrícia Comini

Patrícia Comini-Ribeiro da Silva (born March 8, 1975 in Americana) is a former breaststroke and butterfly swimmer from Brazil.

Paulo Renato Souza

Paulo Renato Costa Souza (10 September 1945 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul — 25 June 2011 São Roque, São Paulo) was a Brazilian economist and politician.

Pedreira

Pedreira, São Paulo, a city and municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil

Prado River

The Prado River is a small river near Jaborandi in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Pró-Vida

PRÓ-VIDA began in 1978, in the district of Moema, in São Paulo city, when Dr. Celso created Pró-Mente, where he himself gave courses about mental development and training.

Rio Branco Esporte Clube

Rio Branco Esporte Clube, usually known simply as Rio Branco or as Rio Branco-SP, is a Brazilian football (soccer) club based in the city of Americana in the São Paulo state of Brazil.

Rio Claro, São Paulo

Rio Claro hosts one public university, UNESP, offering courses in Geology, Geography, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Physical Education, Ecology, Biology and Pedagogy (teacher training).

Starting in the 19th century, Rio Claro attracted large numbers of immigrants from European countries, especially from Germany, Switzerland and Italy, but also from Spain, Portugal, some Eastern European countries, and a substantial community of Christian Arabs from the then Ottoman Empire (mostly Syrian and Lebanese).

Rodovia dos Imigrantes

The highway connects the city of São Paulo to the Atlantic coast and with the seaside cities of São Vicente and Praia Grande.

São Vicente, São Paulo

A suspension bridge linking the island to Praia Grande on the mainland was first constructed in 1914; a second link, the Mar Pequeno Bridge, was opened in 1981.

SP-71

The highway is known as the Rodovia Convenção meaning convention in Portuguese in which it happened, an expressway linking Itu and Salto.

Sport Club Americano

Sport Club Americano, commonly known as Americano, was a Brazilian football club from Santos, São Paulo state.

Teodoro Sampaio

Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Theophilus Danjuma

Formed in 1979 by General TY Danjuma (Rtd), Nigeria American Line (NAL) began business and initially leased a ship called 'Hannatu' which traded between Lagos and Santos in Brazil when Nigeria's bilateral trade agreement had opened the sea routes to economies in the South American markets.

Tupã Futebol Clube

Tupã Futebol Clube, commonly known as Tupã, is a Brazilian football club based in Tupã, São Paulo state.

Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Now, the university has six campuses, the oldest in Vila Clementino, in São Paulo (Health) and four more in Guarulhos (Humanities area), Diadema (Science, Engineering and related), Santos (Health), São José dos Campos (computational area) and Osasco (Business and related).

Urban area

There are also non-capital metropolitan areas in the states of São Paulo (Campinas, Santos and the Paraíba Valley), Minas Gerais (Steel Valley), Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos Valley) and Santa Catarina (Itajaí Valley).

William Hutchinson Norris

William Hutchinson Norris (September 25, 1800 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia – July 13, 1893 in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, São Paulo) is known for being a founder of the town of Americana and a settlement in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, and a significant figure in the history of the Confederados.


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