It is located on Rua Agostinho José Taveira, Vila de Ponte de Lima, district of Viana do Castelo, Northern Portugal
History of the Diogo Bernardes Theater
The building's design was commissioned in 1893 from the architect António Adelino de Magalhães Moutinho, with work beginning the following year.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater was built in 1893 and opened on September 19, 1896 with the encouragement of a group of Limianos led by João Rodrigues de Morais.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater in the 1980s saw less good days that led to its acquisition by the Municipality for a recovery/restoration intervention where care was taken to maintain the entire initial structure with Italian architecture.
Its historical path from the end of the 19th century to the present has oscillated between the brilliance of the romantic era and decadence in the 1980s.
However, today, as in the past, the role of this Theater in the cultural panorama of Alto Minho is undeniable.
A theater with Italian architecture restored and remodeled since 1999, where care was taken to maintain the entire initial structure according to the design of architect Luís Faro Viana.
Diogo Bernardes dedicated a notable poetic work and a literary expression to the Rio Lima that in itself values the town that inspired him today as it did in the 17th century.
Diogo Bernardes himself evokes and qualifies Lima in numerous poems: “Lima, that in this valley murmuring/While the sun hides in the West/ Your natural neighbor people/ Make you fall asleep with your soft sound”; Waters of the clear Lima that flowed / For me, in another time, clear and pure, / I see now cloudy, dark, / Who drowned my joy in you?”
The Diogo Bernardes Theater functions as a public cultural space with regular programming in the most varied areas, with emphasis on theater, music and dance.
The Theater has services such as shows by amateur actors, exhibitions, conferences, management of the Rio Lima Auditorium, artistic direction and Production of the Percursos da Música Festival and production of major concerts.
The Ponte de Lima Theater follows the structure of other show buildings from the time that are preserved today: audience, friezes, two orders of boxes, general and gallery.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater Pano de Boca is made in acrylic on canvas by Chico Barbosa and Leandro Pires.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater was built in 1893 and opened on September 19, 1896 with the encouragement of a group of Limianos led by João Rodrigues de Morais.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater in the 1980s saw less good days that led to its acquisition by the Municipality for a recovery/restoration intervention where care was taken to maintain the entire initial structure with Italian architecture.
Its historical path from the end of the 19th century to the present has oscillated between the brilliance of the romantic era and decadence in the 1980s.
However, today, as in the past, the role of this Theater in the cultural panorama of Alto Minho is undeniable.
A theater with Italian architecture restored and remodeled since 1999, where care was taken to maintain the entire initial structure according to the design of architect Luís Faro Viana.
Diogo Bernardes dedicated a notable poetic work and a literary expression to the Rio Lima that in itself values the town that inspired him today as it did in the 17th century.
Diogo Bernardes himself evokes and qualifies Lima in numerous poems: “Lima, that in this valley murmuring/While the sun hides in the West/ Your natural neighbor people/ Make you fall asleep with your soft sound”; Waters of the clear Lima that flowed / For me, in another time, clear and pure, / I see now cloudy, dark, / Who drowned my joy in you?”
The Diogo Bernardes Theater functions as a public cultural space with regular programming in the most varied areas, with emphasis on theater, music and dance.
The Theater has services such as shows by amateur actors, exhibitions, conferences, management of the Rio Lima Auditorium, artistic direction and Production of the Percursos da Música Festival and production of major concerts.
The Ponte de Lima Theater follows the structure of other show buildings from the time that are preserved today: audience, friezes, two orders of boxes, general and gallery.
The Diogo Bernardes Theater Pano de Boca is made in acrylic on canvas by Chico Barbosa and Leandro Pires.
