Teatro Amazonas.

Teatro Amazonas is the most famous guide in Manaus .

Almost all the tourists who had come directly want to go there, its location is easily addressed .

From the airport Eduardo Gomes , just need to ride the bus . So also of the Arena Amazonia . Almost all buses leading to the centro (downtown ) must traverse the building was built in 1881 .

Indeed , tourist attractions provided by the theater is not much . The show is only held on certain dates in April and May.

Regular show is an annual event held the Festival Amazonas de Opera ( Amazon Opera Festival ) , concerts by choirs .

But , the tourists who visit the Teatro Amazonas want to see it as one of the signs of history .

The magnificent building is a silent witness to the past glory Manaus. In the era of colonialism , Manaus transformed into one of the region due to advanced gum tremendous demand from European countries .

Manaus became the only producer of rubber because the tree can only be found in the heart of the Amazon forest .

The era of the so-called rubber boom Manaus it makes people very wealthy . One of the famous quotes historian to describe Manaus is so rich society ; " When a master businessman rubber buy a luxury vessel , other employers maintain a lion in his villa , while others will bathe the horse with the champagne , "

Teatro Amazonas is the embodiment of wealth. The building was designed in 1881 began. One of the local legislature at the time, Jose Antonio Fernandes Junior , filed a proposal to build a " jewel in the heart of the Amazon " .

The work done company from Lisbon , Portuguas Gabinete de Arquitectura e Engeharia . Meanwhile, the architecture is handed over to the Italian -influenced Celestial Sacardim renaissance period .

Elements is the best product at the time. The roof tiles were imported from Alsace, 

France ; steel for the walls of Glasgow , Scotland ; Carrara marble and stone for floors and statues from Italy . The dome is made ​​up of 36 thousand ceramic decorations with the Brazilian flag colors .

But, eventually returning Manaus lethargic after some rubber smuggled out of the country. England who became regulars took Malaysia to want to plant rubber .

Now the rubber is no longer booming as other tropical countries , including Indonesia could produce .

" At least we know that the country is in the middle of the wilderness used to be much richer than other major cities such as Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo at the time, " said Antonio Carlos Nunes da Fonseca , one of the domestic tourists . 

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