The Memorial do Imigrante of São Paulo is housed in what used to be the old "Hospice for the Immigrants" which, starting from 1887, received about 1.8 million immigrants from 70 different countries (but for the most part of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese origin), and 1.2 million native workers form various parts of Brazil. It is located between Bris and Mooca, two typical Italian neighbourhoods that came into existence because the Italians immigrants at their arrival had decided to settle and work there. About 80,000 people annually visit the "Immigrant Memorial" which makes it to date the third most visited museum in the city of São Paulo.

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