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Opera house · Manaus, Brazil
Teatro AmazonasSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1884–96
- Declared purpose
- Opera house
- Today
- Survives, still an opera house
- Build time
- About 12 years
- Region
- Latin America
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
An opera house of imported European materials far up the Amazon.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
An opera house with a dome of tens of thousands of glazed tiles, deep in the Amazon at Manaus, built during the rubber boom.
Why researchers flag it
An opera house of imported European materials far up the Amazon.
Opera in the rainforest
It opened in 1896 in a river city far up the Amazon.
Imported materials
The record says much of the material came from Europe. Researchers ask how this much was shipped up the Amazon.
A tiled dome
Its dome is covered in glazed tiles in the colours of the Brazilian flag.
Questions worth asking
- How were the materials brought up the Amazon?
Possible original uses
- Opera house
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
