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Amazonia Theaters

Opulent opera houses born of the Amazon rubber boom.

CulturalInscribed 2026

The Story

Built at the height of the rubber boom around 1900, the grand theatres of Manaus and Belém brought European opera to the middle of the rainforest. They testify to the wealth, ambition and contradictions of the Amazon economy.

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