Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called Fazendas.\n\n A Fazenda is a plantation found throughout Brazil; during the colonial period. They were concentrated primarily in the northeastern region, where (sugar) was produced. During the 19th century in the southeastern region to coffee production.

The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of So Paulo's premier state league, as well as in the Brasileiro Srie A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants in 1914, as "Palestra Itlia" ( pronounced [pal[st~italjP]).