Teatro Politeama
The Politeama theater (Politeama means "multigenre" in Latin) is located at the end of Santo Antau street (on the map), a block from Restauradores square.
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Construction of the theater began on may 12, 1912, and December 6 of the following year the first production of the operetta "Waltz of love"took place in the hall this year.
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The building was designed by the architect Miguel Ventura Terra (Miguel Ventura Terra) and is a striking representative of the art Nouveau era.
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Here you can find all the signs of style-a lot of curved lines, vegetable stucco, shaped metal grilles.
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The theater is mainly known as a venue for the production of musicals, here there were both Portuguese "Maldita Cocaina", "Amalia", and the world-famous "My fair Lady", "Music in the heart", "Jesus Christ superstar".
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