Centro Cultural e de Estudos Superiores Aúthos Pagano
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The Centro Cultural e de Estudos Superiores Aúthos Pagano (CCESAP) (English: Aúthos Pagano Higher Studies and Cultural Center) is a Brazilian cultural institution located in the Alto da Lapa neighborhood in the city of São Paulo. It is a state public organization, maintained by the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo (SEC) and administered jointly with a civil society organization (Pensarte Institute).
The CCESAP was founded on May 11, 1982, on the initiative of lawyer Carmela Antonia Danna Pagano, widow of Uruguayan-Brazilian academic Aúthos Pagano (1909–1976), with the aim of preserving the memory and work of the institution's patron. It is based in the couple's former residence, one of the first modernist houses in Brazil, designed by Gregori Warchavchik in 1929 and protected by municipal law since 1978.
The institution preserves Aúthos Pagano's personal library, consisting of more than 10,000 titles, covering areas such as law, economics, statistics, mathematics, astronomy, and physics; in addition to the original furniture, personal objects and works of art that belonged to the academic and his wife. It maintains a permanent agenda of cultural and educational activities, organizing courses, lectures, debates, performances and a choral singing workshop. It is equipped with a small auditorium, with capacity for 60 people.
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