Founded on December 22, 1870, the Santos Commercial Association (ACS) is directly linked to the development of the city and the country. Santos was still a colonial city when the institution was created by a group of businessmen to boost the growth of the port of Santos and, along with it, the economy of São Paulo and Brazil. The founders of the ACS and its members were decisive for many of the advances that the people of Santos saw in the following years: the organized port, the first local secondary school, the first opera house, and the first property security institution. An example of the importance of the ACS to Santos is that in 1891, during a political crisis, the population of Santos entrusted the entity with the administrative management of the city for a brief period.
Santos Commercial Association
Guided visit to the José Bonifácio Palace
Headquarters of the City Hall of Santos, the José Bonifácio Palace honors one of the most illustrious Santos citizens, the Patriarch of Independence of Brazil. The building, built in the golden period of coffee, is one of the few public buildings in the State of São Paulo that maintains the original structure and most of the decoration preserved. During the visit, participants will get to know the main lobby, the Noble Hall Esmeraldo Tarquínio, the Princess Isabel Room and the Operational Control Center (OCC).
Limit: 15 people per group
Visits take place at 2 pm and to participate, choose the date and click on the corresponding button to fill out the form:
Customs
The largest and most important customs unit in the country, with jurisdiction over 24 municipalities (from Bertioga to the border with Paraná), the Customs House operates inside a building of 12,350m², eclectic in architectural style, with Art-deco influences, inaugurated in 1934. Responsible for controlling 34% of Brazil’s foreign trade, the Santos customs division, created in 1550, was the third to operate in the country – the first was in Salvador (BA) and the second, in São Vicente (SP).