João Tuna
Open Visits
Regular Visits
Tours
Saturday: 11h, 12h30
Saturday 11h | Luís Soares Carneiro Saturday 12h30 |São João Municipal Theatre Tour Guide
Maximum 20 people per visit
Reservation required
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Projected by architect José Marques da Silva, the Teatro de São João [Theatre of São João], inaugurated March 7th 1920. Twelve years only after its opening it started being called São João Cine, a place essentially devoted to the screening of films. Later, the building started deteriorating until it was acquired by the State in 1922 and officially became Teatro Nacional São João [São João National Theatre]. Renovated, remodelled and reequipped, according to the project of architect João Carreira from 1993 to 1995, it once again started having regular artistic activities. The visitors of this “Italian-like theatre” will have a chance to get to know the backstage of a building that mirrors all contradiction (or compromise) between tradition, settled in its granite façades, and the technologic innovation of the flagstones, beams and reinforced concrete staircases.
Location
Praça da Batalha
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 207, 400, 904, 905
Subway: Lines A, B, C, D, E, F, Bolhão, Aliados, S. Bento