Centro Universitário Maria Antonia is where the old Philosophy School of the University of São Paulo - USP - used to run, and now it is a very culturally important place because the expositions are free - and there I saw some of the best contemporary art exhibitions of my life.
Maria Antonia Street, where this cultural spot is today, was also the battlefield of a historical conflict: the battle between universities USP and Mackenzie in 1968, which exposed the confrontation of left and right wing lines of thought, respectively, in São Paulo - a reflex of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
So, this little spot of the town, besides having such a great cultural collection and a not-to-miss exhibition circuit, holds an enormous historical charge that you still can feel in posters on the walls and electricity posts, and in interventions that change the name of the street in reminiscence of those who suffered the political brutality of the dictatorship.