The cathedral is 110 meters long and has an average width of 46 meters. Its central nave arches to a height of more than 30 meters, and its two towers are 92 meters high. It has a capacity of 8,000 people.
The Catedral Metropolitana, the cathedral of São Paulo, is located on Cathedral Square. It is one of the largest neo-Gothic places of worship in the world and can be reached on foot from the Parque Dom Pedro bus station.
The church itself is younger than its appearance suggests; it was only completed in 1954 after nearly 40 years of construction. Incidentally, the architect in charge was a German, Maximilian Emil Hehl.