Teatro Sá de Miranda - Viana do Castelo, Portugal - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

THE PLACE:
The Theatre Sá de Miranda

Viana do Castelo's main theatre, Sá de Miranda, was named after the poet who introduced the renascence style in Portuguese Literature.

This 400 seat theatre was constructed thanks to the effort of committed locals who invited José Geraldo da Silva Sardinha to design the building. Of an Italian style, the house is shaped like a horseshoe and includes three levels of boxes. Its stage curtain waJjs designed by Manini and painted by Hercole Labertini, both set designers at S. Carlos Theatre in Lisbon. The fresco on the ceiling portrays a sky and was painted by João Baptista do Rio. It was open to the public on the 29th of April 1885.

The Theatre was bought by the City Council in 1985 and renovated during 1999 and 2000.
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Nowadays, this is one of the main culture facilities of the city used for more than 200 music, theatre, opera, dance and cinema events per year.

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THE NAME:
Sá de Miranda was the son of a canon of Coimbra belonging to the ancient and noble family of Sa. His brother, Mem de Sá, was the third governor of colonial Brazil.

Sá de Miranda passed his early years by the banks of the river Mondego, considered a source of inspiration to many other poets. He made his first studies of Greek, Latin and philosophy in the college of the Santa Cruz Monastery, and in 1505 went to University of Lisbon (the University of Coimbra had moved to Lisbon in 1380) to study law, beginning at the same time to attend the Portuguese court and write poems in the mediaeval style still dominant in Portugal.

He travelled to Italy in 1521, were he was able to make contact with many writers and artists of the Renaissance, including Vittoria Colonna (who was his relative), Pietro Bembo, Sannazzaro and Ariosto. On his way home, in 1526, he visited Spain, meeting classical writers Juan Boscan and Garcilaso de la Vega.

Back in Portugal in 1526 or 1527, he was again received in the court, where he became a friend to King John III and other nobles. Four years after his return he decided to move to the Minho province, in the North of the country, were he purchased land. Around 1530 he married Briolanja de Azevedo, a lady of noble birth.

In 1552 he moved to the Quinta da Tapada, near Amares, where he died around 1558.


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Year it was dedicated: 1885 Location of Coordinates: Front Door Related Web address (if available): [Web Link] Type of place/structure you are waymarking: Theater

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