Escola Estadual Romão Puiggari, Public school in Brás District, Brazil

Escola Estadual Romão Puiggari sits on Rangel Pestana Avenue with a two-story neoclassical structure featuring symmetrical facades and numerous windows throughout. Within this historic building, it houses modern facilities including a library, cafeteria, sports court, playground, reading rooms, computer lab, and video room.

In 1895, authorities began planning a new building because the old school could no longer hold the growing number of pupils in the industrialising Brás. Governor Bernardino José de Campos Júnior ordered construction in early 1898 to a design by Ramos de Azevedo, built by engineer Pedro de Mello e Souza Júnior on 4,725 square metres. The building was handed over on 2 August 1898 and the Primeiro Grupo Escolar do Brás was founded by decree on 8 August, opening on 15 August with 1,031 pupils. A 1926 fire led to a major renovation that kept Azevedo's original architecture. The school was listed in 2002.

The school is named after Romão Puiggari, born Ramón Puiggari Sola in Vigo, Spain, in 1865; he moved to Brazil at twelve and later directed the school for two years. A teacher, poet and prose writer, he died in 1904 at 39. Alumni include journalist Heródoto Barbeiro and singers Nélson Gonçalves, Zizi Possi and Isaurinha Garcia.

The building is easy to locate since it sits on a main avenue in the Brás district right on Avenida Rangel Pestana. The historic architecture is visible from the street, while interior facilities can be accessed during school visits or organized group tours.

A pedestrian underpass opened beneath Avenida Rangel Pestana on 24 September 1938, linking both sides of the busy avenue at the school's facade. It cut accidents but was unsafe at night, so the city closed it in the 1960s and cemented both entrances.