Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of the Brazilian GDP.
Rio de Janeiro, the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Tiradentes Palace, seat of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro
Guanabara Palace, seat of the state government
Serra dos Órgãos National Park
São Paulo is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region and is limited by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is divided into 645 municipalities and its total area is 248,219.481 square kilometres km², which is equivalent to 2.9% of Brazil's surface, being slightly larger than the United Kingdom. Its capital is the municipality of São Paulo.
"Founding of São Vicente", by Benedito Calixto
António Raposo Tavares, a colonial bandeirante
São Paulo in 1880 during the reign of Emperor Pedro II.
Coffee Stock Exchange, in Santos