A hill in Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo's second-largest favela, showcases the work of Estevao Silva da Conceicao, who has spent four decades building a unique castle that has earned him the nickname "the Brazilian Gaudi."
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00:00Everyone will think so, people, look, you won't find it around here, of course not, right?
00:15I've been here for a month, working, doing all this here, so I have to say it's the work of my life,
00:21because to do this here, it wasn't easy to do this here.
00:30I think it's the most common thing here, you know?
00:50If this wasn't in Paraisó, if it was in Moema, if it was in Vila Olímpica, I don't know where, in Napolista,
00:57maybe I would be making money, but in the community, a lot of people don't come to visit because they are afraid.
01:05You're going to come here, look, you're going to come here, you're going to come to the slab, look.
01:25I feel privileged to be called a Brazilian, one of the greatest architects in the world, you could say,
01:32and to be called a Brazilian, it's a thrill, you have to feel it.