Arts Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

The Nosso Senhor dos Passos Chapel is a Catholic temple located in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, part of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia building complex. It has been included in the city's historical heritage.

Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital is a major Hospital based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is reference in Latin America for transplants and genetic research. It is a university hospital linked to the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre.

Confeitaria Rocco (English: Rocco Confectionery) is a historic building located in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul. It is situated on the corner of Riachuelo and Dr. Flores streets, next to Conde de Porto Alegre square, formerly Praça do Portão (English: Gate Square). For its historical importance, it is listed as a heritage site by the City Hall of Porto Alegre.

The Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, UFCSPA; formerly known as Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, FFFCMPA; and Faculdade Católica de Medicina de Porto Alegre) is a federal institution of higher education and research on health sciences located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Founded in 1961, UFCSPA has today 15 degrees: Biomedicine, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Pharmacy, Toxicology, Gastronomy, Medical Physics, Health Management, Medical Chemistry, Biomedical Informatics, Food Technology and Speech therapy. UFCSPA is linked to Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital, a major hospital in Latin America.

The Church of Our Lady of the Conception is a temple of the Catholic Church located on Independência Avenue, in front of the Dom Sebastião Square, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is one of the oldest churches in the city and the one that best preserves its original appearance, containing a rich internal decoration in gilded woodcarving and statuary, besides being a listed property by the City Hall.

Chalé da Praça XV is one of Porto Alegre's most traditional bars and restaurants. It is located in the city's historic center, XV de Novembro Square, near the Public Market and Town Hall.

The Beneficência Portuguesa de Porto Alegre, originally Sociedade Beneficente e Hospitalar da Colônia Portuguesa de Porto Alegre (English: Hospital and Charitable Society of the Portuguese Colony of Porto Alegre), is a Brazilian philanthropic hospital institution in the city of Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located at 270 Independência Avenue, in the Independência neighborhood. In 1977, the historical building was included by the City Hall in the Inventory of Real Estate Assets of Historical and Cultural Value and of Expressive Tradition.

Dom Sebastião Square is located in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is bordered on the north by Independência Avenue, on the east by Dom Sebastião Lane, on the south by Irmão José Otão Street and on the west by Sarmento Leite Street. It was named after the diocesan bishop Dom Sebastião Dias Laranjeira.The first mention of the site can be found in an 1847 request from the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Conception, asking to fix the alignment of its future church and, at the same time, demanding that the square between the streets of Barbosa (now Barros Cassal Street) and Brigadeira (now Conceição Street) be demarcated.On September 25, 1848, the councillors authorized the exchange of land between the City Hall and the Santa Casa, with the latter transferring part of the area, and another portion being expropriated from Lieutenant Colonel Antônio Joaquim da Silva Mariante and Manoel Joaquim da Silva.With the construction of the Church of Our Lady of the Conception in 1851, the area became known as Conceição Square, a name officially recognized on 20 October 1857. In 1863, Antônio Mariante volunteered to plant pine trees in the square and, on October 28, 1884, it was renamed to its current name.In 1889, the square was leveled and landscaped and, in 1904, it received the railing that belonged to the Marechal Deodoro and XV de Novembro squares. In 1920, the old pine trees, which had already grown excessively, were cut down. In 1925, the railings were removed and, in 1935, the square was completely remodeled, gardened in a geometric pattern, and given a light fountain and artificial waterfalls.There, the four remaining Carrara marble statues of the five that, between 1866 and 1907, adorned the Emperor's Fountain in the center of the Marechal Deodoro Square, were installed. They personified the great rivers of the Guaíba basin: Cahy, Gravatahy, Sinos and Jacuhy, according to the old spelling. This fountain was the first commemorative monument to be installed outdoors in the state, set up with a celebratory design by the architect José Obino.In 1972, the Conceição Tunnel vent was built on the corner of Sarmento Leite and Irmão José Otão streets, and consisted of a large concrete block where three cut iron panels with a regionalist theme by the sculptor Francisco Stockinger were placed. In the 1990s, the cascades were removed and landfilled, and the statues were reinstalled in a new luminous fountain created in the center of the square. All the statues of the group were repeatedly depredated and, in 2014, they were removed from the space and installed in the Moinhos de Vento Hydraulic Plant.Some important historical buildings of Porto Alegre are located in its surroundings, such as the Church of Our Lady of the Conception, the Beneficência Portuguesa and the Colégio Nossa Senhora do Rosário. Next to Colégio Rosário, there is a hot dog stand known as Cachorro-quente do Rosário, which has become famous in the city. In 2006, the square was adopted by the school, which ensures its maintenance and cleanliness.

The Ely Building is a historic construction located in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, considered a cultural heritage of the city.The building, located at 283 Conceição Street, next to the bus station, was designed and erected between 1922 and 1923 by the German-Brazilian architect Theodor Wiederspahn, to be a store of the merchant Nicolau Ely, who became rich in the fabric trade. Originally, Ely kept his business on the first floor and rented out the upper floors for offices. Built in masonry in an eclectic style of Germanic inspiration, with Renaissance and Baroque elements, the building has about 8,000 square meters, spread over four floors, and 3,220 square meters of facade, decorated with plenty of tall and narrow windows with delicate frames, balustrades, domes, ornaments, statuary and wrought iron railings, highlighting a pediment with volutes and a statue of Mercury over the entrance, created by Alfredo Staege.It currently houses the downtown branch of Tumelero, a chain of construction materials stores. Despite being quite well preserved, the building has suffered aggressive interventions in its surroundings in recent years, such as the construction of a viaduct at a short distance, which hides part of the facade. Over the years it has undergone several repairs, and in 2012 a revitalization was carried out. Sergius Gonzaga, municipal secretary for culture, explained the initiative by saying that "this is a contribution to the soul of the city". Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil, state secretary for culture, said that "the work has an aesthetic value for the collective memory of Porto Alegre". For historian and architect Arnoldo Doberstein, the building is particularly important for the history of architecture in Porto Alegre. According to Poltosi & Roman, from the Memory Center of the Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Rio Grande do Sul, its variety of elements lends dynamism to its extensive facade and its aesthetic qualities place it as "one of the most outstanding examples of eclectic architecture in Porto Alegre".

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil, having one of the largest number of scientific publications. From 2012 to 2019, the university was elected as the best federal university of Brazil. UFRGS has over 31,000 undergraduate students, over 12,000 graduate students, and more than 2,600 faculty members. As a Brazilian public federal institution, students do not pay tuition fees to enroll in courses offered by the university. Among the main alumni affiliated with UFRGS, there are three former presidents of Brazil, former state governors, former members of the Supreme Federal Court, members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and important Brazilian actors, musicians and journalists.

The Town Hall of Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre), also known as Old City Hall (Portuguese: Prefeitura Velha) or Paço dos Açorianos, is a historic building in Porto Alegre, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, being one of the most characteristic and important architectural landmarks of the city. It was inaugurated in 1901, with a project by Giovanni Colfosco, hosting the mayor's office and administrative bodies for a long time. It was listed by the municipality in 1979 and, after extensive renovations in 2003, it began to lend some of its rooms for art exhibitions, also having the offices and technical reserve of the Artistic Collection of the City Hall of Porto Alegre there. In 2022, during the celebrations week of the city's 250th anniversary, the mayor handed over the building to the administration of the Municipal Secretariat of Culture, which intends to transform it into a museum, the Museum of Art of Porto Alegre.

The Historic and Geographic Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (Portuguese: Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul), or IHGRGS, is a private non-profit institution based in Porto Alegre, and founded on August 5, 1920. Its main goal is to promote and spread the production of knowledge, especially focused on the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It went through several locations until it settled in the current building in Porto Alegre, inaugurated on March 25, 1972, which includes a research room, the Tomás Carlos Duarte Library, an archive room, the general library, the map library, and an auditorium with capacity for 150 people.The institute has two large bibliographic collections at its headquarters (about 150,000 volumes in all), dealing mainly with the history and geography of the state, as well as anthropology, paleontology and folklore. In 2003, the Institute started informatizing its library.Until the 1950s, the IHGRGS was the main producer and diffuser of historical knowledge in the state, even more than the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). In the 1930s and 1940s, with the celebration of the Ragamuffin War centennial and the historical congresses of Rio Grande do Sul, the IHGRGS reached its peak. However, from the mid-1940s on, there was a division between members who defended a renewal of the historiographical model and those who remained faithful to a more political and military approach. From then on, the Institute lost its hegemony in the local historical production.The Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul was published quarterly and uninterruptedly from 1921 to 1950, appearing again in 1975; currently it is part of the UFRGS academic journal system and is published every six months.