THEATRO DA PAZ

The "Theatro" still organizes operas and concerts of the Belém Orchestra. The Theatro da Paz is a venerable establishment built in 1878, during the heyday of the "rubber cycle" that brought an economic boom to the entire Amazon region. Belém, then considered the "rubber capital", still did not have a theatre capable of hosting operas. The provincial government hired the military engineer José Tiburcio de Magalhães, who designed the theatre inspired by La Scala in Milan.