São Paulo - Municipal Theatre

Municipal Theatre

The Viaduto do Chá ("Tea Viaduct"; 1889), which carries Rua São Bento over the Anhangabaú depression, links the old town with Praça Ramos de Azevedo, on which is the Municipal Theatre (Teatro Municipal), built between 1903 and 1911 in an eclectic mixture of Art Nouveau and Italian Renaissance. The architect, Ramos de Azevedo, modeled his building on the Paris Opéra. After comprehensive restoration work, completed in 1991, the Theatre now appears in all its original splendor.