What is the significance of certain monuments to our cities? Can we measure our memories or qualify their meanings in how we view the world? I believe every city or place holds something that leaves a mark on us, representing our identity or our journey. When we are far away, visualizing these places makes us feel comforted, welcomed, and, in a sense, at home.
The city of São Paulo possesses countless landmarks, but the most representative is certainly the Anhangabaú Valley, which also carries the historical connotation of the city's origins. It has been depicted by European artists since the 19th century in lithographs and watercolors by figures such as Thomas Ender, Burchell, Landser, Lebret, and Jules Martin, and described textually in the accounts of Saint-Hilaire.
