The Benedictine Monastery

Located in the old downtown of São Paulo, the Benedictine Monastery is one of the treasures of the city.




Aerial view of the Benedictine complex, projected by the German architect Richard Bernl and built between 1910 and 1912


The facade of the church



The clock from Germany, considered for decades, the most accurate in the city.



The entrance of the traditional School of Saint Benedictine and the Theology University
Pope Benedictine XVI stayed at the monastery when he visited Brazil in 2007. From the balcony, where we see a sunblind, he blessed the catholic crowd  who came to see him.