Brazil - Manaus (Amazonia)

Boat Trip (3 days on the Amazon) - Municipal Market - Amazon Theater

The Teatro Amazonas is a gem of both architecture and restoration (4 times.)
Though it seems very out of place in the Amazon, it is a monument to the wealth
of the Amazon, primarily from rubber.

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me in front of the Teatro Amazonas
on a rainy day

 

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the 30 meter high oil-on-canvas
curtain is preserved as it rises 
straight up into the dome 
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the ceiling in pristine condition
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wonderful Scottish cast iron		 manaus_teatro_amazonas_6_roll_7500.jpg
a ballerina at work

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a building right next to the theater

 

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