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Afonso Henriques Theatre
Afonso Henriques Theatre
Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques
	The Afonso Henriques Theatre, circa 1910
Former names	Theatro Dom Affonso Henriques
Alternative names	Teatro Vimaranense, Vimaranes-Cine, Cinema High Life
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Theatre, cinema
Architectural style	Baroque
Town or city	Campo da Feira, Guimarães
Country	Portugal
Coordinates	41°26′31″N 8°17′30″W / 41.44194°N 8.29177°W
Year(s) built	1853-1855
Construction started	1853
Completed	1855
Inaugurated	12 August 1855; 169 years ago
Closed	August 1938
Demolished	Sometime between 1943 and 1949
Technical details
Floor count	3

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The Afonso Henriques Theatre (or Dom Afonso Henriques Theatre; Portuguese: Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques), was the main theatre of Guimarães from 1853 until its replacement by the Jordão Theatre in the late 1930s.

Description

The building's facade was symmetrical and featured three stories. The ground floor consisted of a series of rectangular doorways, seven in total, each with a simple stone frame. The central doorway was more prominent as it featured a double-stone frame with a curved top.^[1]

On the first floor, the central section had a square window surrounded by a strip of granite. Flanking this central section were three pairs of windows, each set within a granite frame. On top of them were small circular windows with a granite frame which connected with the square windows below.^[1]

The second floor mirrored the first in its window arrangement, with rectangular windows above each of the lower floors. The central section had a balcony with an iron railing, supported by corbels and accessed by a door with a decorative stone frame. The outermost windows on this floor also featured iron railings and granite balconies. The roof was paved with roof tiles and it was separated from the facade by a cornice with two stone urns at its extremities. The central part was shaped like a semi-circle and it had a stone coat of arms under it.^[1]

In its interior the theatre had two closed cabinets, 38 boxes in three levels, 176 audience seats and 60 gallery seats.^[2]

History

Predecessors

Before the construction of the theatre, the Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was located at the Campo da Feira. Shows and plays were performed regularly at this theatre to aid the construction efforts of the Santos Passos Church while under construction.^[3]

The Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was burnt down on the night of 18 January 1841,^[4]^[3] leaving Guimarães without a permanent theatre. Even during its active years, this theatre was never meant to serve the 7,000 people which lived in the city at the time and, since 1836, the progressive forces of Guimarães demanded the creation of a project to construct a theatre which could accommodate the city's needs.^[5]^[6]

Construction and inauguration

In 1853, construction of a new theatre started at the Campo da Feira after 12 years without a permanent theatre in the city. During its construction on 5 July 1854,^[7] five people died after an accident involving the collapse of the scaffolding.^[3] On 31 May 1855, it was reported the construction of the theatre was being accelerated so its inauguration could occur on the night of the succession of King Pedro V.^[8]

This theatre was inaugurated with a masquerade ball on 12 August 1855,^[9] and was baptized with the name of Portugal's first king, Dom Afonso Henriques, making official the name Theatro Dom Affonso Henriques, later modified due to various orthographic reforms.^[2]

Active years

The theatre, similar to its predecessor, also contributed to the completion of the Santos Passos Church by donating funds received from plays and magic lantern slide shows.^[3] On 22 April 1863, the play "O Veterano Mateus", the song "O Sebastianista", and the comedy "A Actriz" were played exclusively to raise money for the construction of the church's bell towers. Many were in attendance and the city's music played outside the theatre.^[10]

The first 10 years of activity of the Afonso Henriques Theatre were very busy, with over 220 theatrical performances by national theatre companies.^[6] Compared with other two big cities at the time, Coimbra and Aveiro,^[11]^[12] Guimarães was the city, between these three, which welcomed the most professional theatre companies to its theatres.^[6] This was unexpected as both Coimbra and Aveiro had multiple theatrical locations, while Guimarães only had the Afonso Henriques Theatre.^[6]

On 26 February 1866, the Artistic Association of Guimarães was installed at the Afonso Henriques Theatre^[13] and remained there until their headquarters were transferred to the Gil Vicente Theatre a few decades later.^[14]

Periodic inspections were regularly conducted at the theatre, as documented in a logbook which recorded events from 2 August 1856 to 30 June 1875. This logbook revealed the theatre was frequently rented for a variety of events, including theatrical shows, masquerade balls, and both dramatic and comedic plays.^[15] It also revealed the number of events held decreased throughout the years.^[15]

By order of the administrative authority, the theater was inspected on 11 April 1888, with nothing unusual to report.^[16] The theatre was the gathering place when the Pregão, one of the festivities of the Nicolinas, was over.^[17]

In Guimarães, the first permanent cinematographic screening room was opened in March 1909, on the premises of the theatre. Later, in January 1912, the company which owned the cinematic equipment and screening room at the Gil Vicente Theatre relocated to the theatre, evolving in 1914 to the "Cinema High-Life". In November 1919, businessman Luís do Souto transformed the old theatre into a fully operational cinema,^[18] named "Vimaranes-Cine", ignoring the already unfavorable conditions present at the time.^[1]

Interior of the theatre after being converted into a cinema, around 1919

Closure, demolition, and aftermath

On 6 May 1933, the Diário do Governo published decree n°22:498. This decree, made by the Ministry of Internal Administration,^[19] granted authorization to the Câmara municipal of Guimarães to expropriate the Afonso Henrique Theatre, to extend the S. Dâmaso Street to the Campo da Feira.^[20] On 18 February 1936, the Câmara Municipal of Guimarães met in extraordinary session to create a solution to the lack of a proper theater in the city. The original idea was to keep the theatre standing since the street approved in the 1933 decree was not built. No solution to the problem emerged from this meeting, and rumors soon began to circulate about the reconstruction of the old theater being stuck.^[1] The decision to close the theatre was also in part to its deteriorating condition dating back to 1919, when it was described:

Guimarães has a theatre like all the lands of this world, a theatre named after Afonso Henriques.
However, this one offers no guarantees against disaster. Apart from the fact that it has nothing, absolutely nothing, that should be required in a theatre, it currently has the serious inconvenience of not having a single wooden plank that hasn't shown signs of old age.
The whole place is rotten. One day it'll all fall down and poor of those who are having a party inside when that happens.
— Gil Vicente, n.º 057, of 09/11/1919, Martins Sarmento Society Archive

The theatre ceased activities and was closed in 1936,^[17]^[21] however, in September of the same year, it was temporarily repurposed to house families whose homes were demolished, and could not afford to buy a new one.^[22] After many complaints the families were promised by the city council to be moved to a different location before the start of the Gualterianas of 1938.^[23]

On 29 July 1938, it was announced at the O Comércio de Guimarães that the theatre had become a "shameful inn", and would be indefinitely closed after the relocation of said families.^[23] In August of the same year, after almost two years of serving as a shelter to these families, the theatre permanently closed,^[22] and plans to reconstruct it were abandoned as the construction of its announced successor, the Jordão Theatre, had already begun in February 1937.^[24]

The theatre was destroyed sometime between 1943 and 1949, with its last appearance in a photograph in 1943.^[25] By 1949, three houses had already been built on the site,^[26] which were later demolished alongside many other buildings, including the São Dâmaso Church, in the late 1950s and early 1960s to make way for São Dâmaso Boulevard.^[27]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Teatro Jordão e Teatro D. Afonso Henriques em Guimarães". Restos de Colecção. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ ^a ^b Sousa Bastos, Antonio (1908). Diccionario do theatro portuguez (in Portuguese). Robarts - University of Toronto. Lisboa Imprensa Libanio da Silva. p. 331.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Caldas, Antonio José Ferreira (1881). Guimarães: apontamentos para a sua historia (in Portuguese). Typ. de A. J. da Silva Teixeira. pp. 153–156. Archived from the original on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
^ "Efeméride de 18-01-1841 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ "Efeméride de 17-01-1836 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Boletim de Trabalhos Históricos. Série III (in Portuguese). Vol. XI. Guimarães: Alfredo Pimenta Municipal Archive. 2022. pp. 15–46. ISSN 0871-7478.
^ João Lopes de Faria, Efemérides Vimaranenses, manuscrito da Biblioteca da Sociedade Martins Sarmento, vol. III, p. 13 v.
^ "Efeméride de 31-05-1855 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ Moraes, Maria Adelaide Pereira de (December 2001). Velhas Casas de Guimarães [Old Houses of Guimarães] (in European Portuguese). Vol. II. Porto: Centro de Estudos de Geneologia, Heráldica e História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto. p. 815. ISBN 972-8682-11-5.
^ "Efeméride de 22-04-1863 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento" [Event of 22-04-1863 - Martins Sarmento Society Archive]. csarmento.uminho.pt (in Portuguese). Guimarães: Efeméride Vimaranense. 22 April 1863. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ Loureiro, José Pinto (1964). O teatro em Coimbra [Theatre in Coimbra] (in Portuguese).
^ Lopes, Judite Conceição (2008). Teatro Aveirense [Theatre from Aveiro] (in Portuguese).
^ "Efeméride de 26-02-1866 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ "Associação de Socorros Mútuos Artística Vimaranense - ASMAV". em.guimaraes.pt. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Registro da Inspeção ao Teatro D. Afonso Henriques (in Portuguese). 1856–1875. pp. 1–80.
^ "Efeméride de 11-04-1888 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ ^a ^b Silva, Lino Moreira da (2012–2013). "João De Meira, Autor De "Pregões Nicolinos"" (PDF). Revista de Guimarães: 7.
^ "Luiz do Souto". Cinema em Guimarães - História e Cinefilia (in European Portuguese). 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
^ "Diário do Governo 6 Maio de 1933" (PDF). diariodarepublica.pt. Diário da República. 6 May 1933.
^ "Efeméride de 06-05-1933 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ Silva, Lino Moreira da (2012–2013). "João de Meira, autor de "Pregões Nicolinos"" (PDF). Martins Sarmento Society.
^ ^a ^b Cunha, Paulo (2012–2013). "Espaços de exibição de cinema em Guimarães: O caso do Cine-Teatro Municipal (1935)" (in Portuguese).
^ ^a ^b "Comércio de Guimarães · Hemeroteca Vimaranense". csarmento.uminho.pt. 29 July 1938. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
^ "Efeméride de 22-02-1937 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ Neves, António Amaro das (21 April 2018). "O cortejo de mil carros (Guimarães, 1943)". Memórias da Araduca. Retrieved 27 July 2024. Second photograph
^ "Procissão de S. Gualter, 1949". Third photograph
^ Oliveira, António José. "A obra de pedraria e talha da Igreja de São Dâmaso de Guimarães (1691-1784)".

External links

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[:1-1] "Teatro Jordão e Teatro D. Afonso Henriques em Guimarães". Restos de Colecção. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[:7-2] Sousa Bastos, Antonio (1908). Diccionario do theatro portuguez (in Portuguese). Robarts - University of Toronto. Lisboa Imprensa Libanio da Silva. p. 331.

[:9-3] Caldas, Antonio José Ferreira (1881). Guimarães: apontamentos para a sua historia (in Portuguese). Typ. de A. J. da Silva Teixeira. pp. 153–156. Archived from the original on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

[4] "Efeméride de 18-01-1841 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

[5] "Efeméride de 17-01-1836 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

[:3-6] Boletim de Trabalhos Históricos. Série III (in Portuguese). Vol. XI. Guimarães: Alfredo Pimenta Municipal Archive. 2022. pp. 15–46. ISSN 0871-7478.

[7] João Lopes de Faria, Efemérides Vimaranenses, manuscrito da Biblioteca da Sociedade Martins Sarmento, vol. III, p. 13 v.

[8] "Efeméride de 31-05-1855 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-17.

[9] Moraes, Maria Adelaide Pereira de (December 2001). Velhas Casas de Guimarães [Old Houses of Guimarães] (in European Portuguese). Vol. II. Porto: Centro de Estudos de Geneologia, Heráldica e História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto. p. 815. ISBN 972-8682-11-5.

[:4-10] "Efeméride de 22-04-1863 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento" [Event of 22-04-1863 - Martins Sarmento Society Archive]. csarmento.uminho.pt (in Portuguese). Guimarães: Efeméride Vimaranense. 22 April 1863. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[11] Loureiro, José Pinto (1964). O teatro em Coimbra [Theatre in Coimbra] (in Portuguese).

[12] Lopes, Judite Conceição (2008). Teatro Aveirense [Theatre from Aveiro] (in Portuguese).

[13] "Efeméride de 26-02-1866 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[14] "Associação de Socorros Mútuos Artística Vimaranense - ASMAV". em.guimaraes.pt. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[:2-15] Registro da Inspeção ao Teatro D. Afonso Henriques (in Portuguese). 1856–1875. pp. 1–80.

[16] "Efeméride de 11-04-1888 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[:0-17] Silva, Lino Moreira da (2012–2013). "João De Meira, Autor De "Pregões Nicolinos"" (PDF). Revista de Guimarães: 7.

[18] "Luiz do Souto". Cinema em Guimarães - História e Cinefilia (in European Portuguese). 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

[19] "Diário do Governo 6 Maio de 1933" (PDF). diariodarepublica.pt. Diário da República. 6 May 1933.

[20] "Efeméride de 06-05-1933 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[21] Silva, Lino Moreira da (2012–2013). "João de Meira, autor de "Pregões Nicolinos"" (PDF). Martins Sarmento Society.

[:5-22] Cunha, Paulo (2012–2013). "Espaços de exibição de cinema em Guimarães: O caso do Cine-Teatro Municipal (1935)" (in Portuguese).

[:6-23] "Comércio de Guimarães · Hemeroteca Vimaranense". csarmento.uminho.pt. 29 July 1938. Retrieved 2024-07-25.

[24] "Efeméride de 22-02-1937 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento". csarmento.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[25] Neves, António Amaro das (21 April 2018). "O cortejo de mil carros (Guimarães, 1943)". Memórias da Araduca. Retrieved 27 July 2024. Second photograph

[26] "Procissão de S. Gualter, 1949". Third photograph

[27] Oliveira, António José. "A obra de pedraria e talha da Igreja de São Dâmaso de Guimarães (1691-1784)".

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+The '''Afonso Henriques Theatre''' (or '''Dom Afonso Henriques Theatre'''; {{lang-pt|Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques}}), was the main theatre of [[Guimarães]] from 1853 until its replacement by the [[Jordão Theatre]] in the late 1930s.
-The '''Afonso Henriques Theatre''', officially '''Dom Afonso Henriques Theatre''', in {{lang-pt|Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques}}, was the main theatre of [[Guimarães]] from 1853 until its replacement by the [[Jordão Theatre]] in the late 1930s.
 == Description ==
-The building's facade was symmetrical and featured three stories. The ground floor consisted of a series of rectangular doorways, seven in total, each with a simple stone frame. The central doorway was more prominent as it featured a double stone frame with a curved top.
+The building's facade was symmetrical and featured three stories. The ground floor consisted of a series of rectangular doorways, seven in total, each with a simple stone frame. The central doorway was more prominent as it featured a double-stone frame with a curved top.<ref name=":1" />
-On the first floor, the central section had a square window surrounded by a strip of granite. Flanking this central section were three pairs of windows, each set within a granite frame. On top of them were small circular windows with a granite frame that connected with the square window's bellow.
+On the first floor, the central section had a square window surrounded by a strip of granite. Flanking this central section were three pairs of windows, each set within a granite frame. On top of them were small circular windows with a granite frame which connected with the square windows below.<ref name=":1" />
-The second floor mirrored the first in its window arrangement, with rectangular windows above each of the lower floor's. The central section had a balcony with iron railing, supported by [[Corbel|corbels]] and accessed by a door with a decorative stone frame. The outermost windows on this floor also featured iron railings and granite balconies. The roof was paved with [[Roof tiles|roof-tiles]] and it was separated with the facade by a [[cornice]] with two stone urns at it's extremities. The central part was shaped like a semi-circle and it had a stone coat of arms under it.
+The second floor mirrored the first in its window arrangement, with rectangular windows above each of the lower floors. The central section had a balcony with an iron railing, supported by [[corbel]]s and accessed by a door with a decorative stone frame. The outermost windows on this floor also featured iron railings and granite balconies. The roof was paved with [[roof tiles]] and it was separated from the facade by a [[cornice]] with two stone urns at its extremities. The central part was shaped like a semi-circle and it had a stone coat of arms under it.<ref name=":1" />
-It also had two closed [[Office|cabinets]], 38 [[Box (theatre)|boxes]] in three levels, 176 [[audience]] seats and 60 [[Gallery (theatre)|gallery]] seats.<ref name=":7" />
+In its interior the theatre had two closed [[Office|cabinets]], 38 [[Box (theatre)|boxes]] in three levels, 176 [[audience]] seats and 60 [[Gallery (theatre)|gallery]] seats.<ref name=":7" />
 == History ==
 === Predecessors ===
-Before the construction of the Afonso Henriques Theatre there was the Count of Vila Pouca Theatre, located at the [[Campo da Feira]]. Shows and plays were performed regularly at this theatre to aid the construction efforts of the [[Santos Passos Church]], still in construction.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Caldas |first=Antonio José Ferreira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHkuEwRLoiYC&dq=Campo+da+Feira+Guimar%C3%A3es&pg=PA1 |title=Guimarães: apontamentos para a sua historia |date=1881 |publisher=Typ. de A. J. da Silva Teixeira |pages=153–156 |language=pt |access-date=2024-04-02 |archive-date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708175946/https://books.google.com/books?id=CHkuEwRLoiYC&dq=Campo+da+Feira+Guimar%C3%A3es&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Campo%20da%20Feira%20Guimar%C3%A3es&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Before the construction of the theatre, the Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was located at the [[Campo da Feira]]. Shows and plays were performed regularly at this theatre to aid the construction efforts of the [[Santos Passos Church]] while under construction.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Caldas |first=Antonio José Ferreira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHkuEwRLoiYC&dq=Campo+da+Feira+Guimar%C3%A3es&pg=PA1 |title=Guimarães: apontamentos para a sua historia |date=1881 |publisher=Typ. de A. J. da Silva Teixeira |pages=153–156 |language=pt |access-date=2024-04-02 |archive-date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708175946/https://books.google.com/books?id=CHkuEwRLoiYC&dq=Campo+da+Feira+Guimar%C3%A3es&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Campo%20da%20Feira%20Guimar%C3%A3es&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
-The Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was [[Arson|burnt down]] on the night of 18 January 1841,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 18-01-1841 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/188484 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> leaving Guimarães without a permanent theatre. Even during its active years, this theatre was never meant to serve the 7000 people that lived in the city at the time and, since 1836, the progressive forces of Guimarães demanded the creation of a project to construct a theatre that can accommodate the city’s needs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 17-01-1836 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/188426 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=Boletim de Trabalhos Históricos |publisher=[[Alfredo Pimenta Municipal Archive]] |year=2022 |series=Série III |volume=XI |location=Guimarães |pages=15-46 |language=pt |issn=0871-7478}}</ref>
+The Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was [[Arson|burnt down]] on the night of 18 January 1841,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 18-01-1841 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/188484 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> leaving Guimarães without a permanent theatre. Even during its active years, this theatre was never meant to serve the 7,000 people which lived in the city at the time and, since 1836, the progressive forces of Guimarães demanded the creation of a project to construct a theatre which could accommodate the city's needs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 17-01-1836 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/188426 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |title=Boletim de Trabalhos Históricos |publisher=[[Alfredo Pimenta Municipal Archive]] |year=2022 |series=Série III |volume=XI |location=Guimarães |pages=15–46 |language=pt |issn=0871-7478}}</ref>
 === Construction and inauguration ===
-In 1853, construction of a new theatre started at the [[Campo da Feira]] after 12 years without a permanent theatre in the city. During it's construction on 5 July 1854,<ref>João Lopes de Faria, Efemérides Vimaranenses, manuscrito da Biblioteca da Sociedade Martins Sarmento, vol. III, p. 13 v.</ref> five people died after an accident involving the collapse of the [[scaffolding]].<ref name=":9" /> On 31 May 1855, its reported that the construction of the theatre was being accelerated so that it's inauguration would occur in the night of the [[Royal acclamation|acclamation]] of King [[Pedro V of Portugal|Pedro V]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 31-05-1855 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/194006 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref>
+In 1853, construction of a new theatre started at the [[Campo da Feira]] after 12 years without a permanent theatre in the city. During its construction on 5 July 1854,<ref>João Lopes de Faria, Efemérides Vimaranenses, manuscrito da Biblioteca da Sociedade Martins Sarmento, vol. III, p. 13 v.</ref> five people died after an accident involving the collapse of the [[scaffolding]].<ref name=":9" /> On 31 May 1855, it was reported the construction of the theatre was being accelerated so its inauguration could occur on the night of the [[Order of succession|succession]] of King [[Pedro V of Portugal|Pedro V]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 31-05-1855 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/194006 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref>
-This theatre ended up being inaugurated with a [[masquerade ball]] on 12 August 1855,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moraes |first=Maria Adelaide Pereira de |title=Velhas Casas de Guimarães |date=December 2001 |publisher=Centro de Estudos de Geneologia, Heráldica e História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto |isbn=972-8682-11-5 |volume=II |location=Porto |pages=815 |language=pt-pt |trans-title=Old Houses of Guimarães}}</ref> and it was baptized with the name of Portugal's first king, [[Dom Afonso Henriques]], officialising the name Theatro Dom Affonso Henriques, later modified due to various [[Spelling reform|orthographic reforms]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Sousa Bastos |first=Antonio |url=http://archive.org/details/diccionariodothe00sousuoft |title=Diccionario do theatro portuguez |date=1908 |publisher=Lisboa Imprensa Libanio da Silva |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |pages=331 |language=pt}}</ref>
+This theatre was inaugurated with a [[masquerade ball]] on 12 August 1855,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moraes |first=Maria Adelaide Pereira de |title=Velhas Casas de Guimarães |date=December 2001 |publisher=Centro de Estudos de Geneologia, Heráldica e História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto |isbn=972-8682-11-5 |volume=II |location=Porto |pages=815 |language=pt-pt |trans-title=Old Houses of Guimarães}}</ref> and was baptized with the name of Portugal's first king, [[Dom Afonso Henriques]], making official the name Theatro Dom Affonso Henriques, later modified due to various [[Spelling reform|orthographic reforms]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Sousa Bastos |first=Antonio |url=http://archive.org/details/diccionariodothe00sousuoft |title=Diccionario do theatro portuguez |date=1908 |publisher=Lisboa Imprensa Libanio da Silva |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |pages=331 |language=pt}}</ref>
 === Active years ===
-The Afonso Henriques Theatre, similarly to its predecessor, also contributed in the completion of the Santos Passos Church by donating the funds they received from [[Play (theatre)|plays]] and [[magic lantern]] slide shows.<ref name=":9" /> On 22 April 1863, the play “''O Veterano Mateus”,'' the song “''O Sebastianista”'' and the [[comedy]] “''A Actriz”'' were played exclusively to raise money for the construction of the church's bell towers. There were many in attendance and the city's music played outside the theatre.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=22 April 1863 |title=Efeméride de 22-04-1863 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |trans-title=Event of 22-04-1863 - Martins Sarmento Society Archive |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192308 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt |publisher=Efeméride Vimaranense |place=Guimarães |language=pt |publication-place=Guimarães |archive-date=26 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326200102/https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192308 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+The theatre, similar to its predecessor, also contributed to the completion of the Santos Passos Church by donating funds received from [[Play (theatre)|plays]] and [[magic lantern]] slide shows.<ref name=":9" /> On 22 April 1863, the play "''O Veterano Mateus''", the song "''O Sebastianista''", and the [[comedy]] "''A Actriz''" were played exclusively to raise money for the construction of the church's bell towers. Many were in attendance and the city's music played outside the theatre.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=22 April 1863 |title=Efeméride de 22-04-1863 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |trans-title=Event of 22-04-1863 - Martins Sarmento Society Archive |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192308 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt |publisher=Efeméride Vimaranense |place=Guimarães |language=pt |publication-place=Guimarães |archive-date=26 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326200102/https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192308 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+[[File:Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques.jpg|thumb|The Afonso Henriques Theatre in 1912]]
-The first 10 years of activity of the Afonso Henriques Theatre were very busy, with over 220 theatrical performances by nacional theatre companies.<ref name=":3" /> Compared with other two big cities at the time, [[Coimbra]] and [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Loureiro |first=José Pinto |title=O teatro em Coimbra |year=1964 |language=pt |trans-title=Theatre in Coimbra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lopes |first=Judite Conceição |title=Teatro Aveirense |year=2008 |language=pt |trans-title=Theatre from Aveiro}}</ref> Guimarães was the city, between these three, that welcomed the most professional theatre companies to its theatres.<ref name=":3" /> This is unexpected as both Coimbra and Aveiro had multiple theatrical locations, while Guimarães only had the Afonso Henriques Theatre.
+The first 10 years of activity of the Afonso Henriques Theatre were very busy, with over 220 theatrical performances by national theatre companies.<ref name=":3" /> Compared with other two big cities at the time, [[Coimbra]] and [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Loureiro |first=José Pinto |title=O teatro em Coimbra |year=1964 |language=pt |trans-title=Theatre in Coimbra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lopes |first=Judite Conceição |title=Teatro Aveirense |year=2008 |language=pt |trans-title=Theatre from Aveiro}}</ref> Guimarães was the city, between these three, which welcomed the most professional theatre companies to its theatres.<ref name=":3" /> This was unexpected as both Coimbra and Aveiro had multiple theatrical locations, while Guimarães only had the Afonso Henriques Theatre.<ref name=":3" />
-On 26 February 1866, the Artistic Association of Guimarães was installed at the Afonso Henriques Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 26-02-1866 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/190078 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> and would remain there until their headquarters were transferred to the [[Gil Vicente Theatre]] a few decades later.
+On 26 February 1866, the Artistic Association of Guimarães was installed at the Afonso Henriques Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 26-02-1866 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/190078 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> and remained there until their headquarters were transferred to the [[Gil Vicente Theatre]] a few decades later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Associação de Socorros Mútuos Artística Vimaranense - ASMAV |url=https://em.guimaraes.pt/diretorio/geo_artigo/associacao-de-socorros-mutuos-artistica-vimaranense-asmav |access-date=30 August 2024 |website=em.guimaraes.pt}}</ref>
-Periodic inspections were regularly conducted at the theatre, as documented in a [[logbook]] that recorded events from 2 August 1856, to 30 June 1875. This logbook reveals that the theatre was frequently rented for a variety of events, including theatrical shows, [[Masquerade ball|masquerade balls]], and both [[Drama|dramatic]] and [[Comedy|comedic]] plays.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Registro da Inspeção ao Teatro D. Afonso Henriques |date=1856–1875 |location=Guimarães |pages=1–80 |language=Pt}}</ref> It also reveals that the amount of events decreased throughout the years.<ref name=":2" />
+Periodic inspections were regularly conducted at the theatre, as documented in a [[logbook]] which recorded events from 2 August 1856 to 30 June 1875. This logbook revealed the theatre was frequently rented for a variety of events, including theatrical shows, [[masquerade ball]]s, and both [[drama]]tic and [[comedic]] plays.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Registro da Inspeção ao Teatro D. Afonso Henriques |date=1856–1875 <!-- omit location without publisher |location=Guimarães --> |pages=1–80 |language=pt}}</ref> It also revealed the number of events held decreased throughout the years.<ref name=":2" />
-[[File:Planta do Teatro D. Afonso Henriques.jpg|thumb|Interior of the '''Afonso Henriques Theatre''' after being converted into a cinema, around 1919.]]
-By order of the administrative authority, the theater was inspected on 11 April 1888, with nothing out of the ordinary to report.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 11-04-1888 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/191841 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> The theatre was the gathering place after the [[Pregão]], one of the festivities of the [[Nicolinas]], was over during the years that it was active.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Silva |first=Lino Moreira da |date=2012–2013 |title=JOÃO DE MEIRA, AUTOR DE "PREGÕES NICOLINOS" |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/files/original/f603d3bea6a731bd58d0992817c15c667b8a232c.pdf |journal=Revista de Guimarães |pages=7}}</ref>
+By order of the administrative authority, the theater was inspected on 11 April 1888, with nothing unusual to report.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 11-04-1888 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/191841 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> The theatre was the gathering place when the Pregão, one of the festivities of the [[Nicolinas]], was over.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Silva |first=Lino Moreira da |date=2012–2013 |title=João De Meira, Autor De "Pregões Nicolinos" |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/files/original/f603d3bea6a731bd58d0992817c15c667b8a232c.pdf |journal=Revista de Guimarães |pages=7}}</ref>
-In Guimarães, the first permanent cinematographic screening room was opened in March 1909, on the premises of the Afonso Henriques Theatre. Later, in January 1912, the company that owned the cinematic equipment and screening room at the [[Gil Vicente Theatre]] relocated to the Afonso Henriques Theatre, evolving in 1914 to the “Cinema High-Life”. In November 1919, it turned into a fully operational cinema, named ''Vimaranes-Cine'', replacing the previous cinematic establishment in the building.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=17 July 2023 |title=Teatro Jordão e Teatro D. Afonso Henriques em Guimarães |url=https://restosdecoleccao.blogspot.com/search/label/Guimar%C3%A3es |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Restos de Colecção}}</ref>
+In Guimarães, the first permanent cinematographic screening room was opened in March 1909, on the premises of the theatre. Later, in January 1912, the company which owned the cinematic equipment and screening room at the Gil Vicente Theatre relocated to the theatre, evolving in 1914 to the "Cinema High-Life". In November 1919, businessman [[Luís do Souto]] transformed the old theatre into a fully operational cinema,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-09-26 |title=Luiz do Souto |url=https://cinemaguimaraes.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/luiz-do-souto/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Cinema em Guimarães - História e Cinefilia |language=pt-PT}}</ref> named "Vimaranes-Cine", ignoring the already unfavorable conditions present at the time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=17 July 2023 |title=Teatro Jordão e Teatro D. Afonso Henriques em Guimarães |url=https://restosdecoleccao.blogspot.com/search/label/Guimar%C3%A3es |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Restos de Colecção}}</ref>
+[[File:Planta do Teatro D. Afonso Henriques.jpg|thumb|Interior of the theatre after being converted into a cinema, around 1919]]
-=== Closure, demolition and aftermath ===
-On 6 May 1933, a decree authorizing the [[Câmara municipal|Câmara Municipal]] of Guimarães to expropriate the Afonso Henrique Theatre, in order to extend the S. Dâmaso Street to the [[Campo da Feira]], was passed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 06-05-1933 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192939 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> On 18 February 1936, the Câmara Municipal of Guimarães met in extraordinary session to decide on the construction of a new theater. The idea was to rebuild the Affonso Henriques Theatre, which was still standing because the street provided for in the 1933 decree had not been torn up. No solution to the problem emerged from this meeting, as rumors soon began to circulate that the reconstruction of the old theater was stuck.<ref name=":1" /> It officially ceased operations and closed that same year.<ref name=":0" /> It’s poor state already dates back to 1919 when it was described:
+=== Closure, demolition, and aftermath ===
+On 6 May 1933, the ''[[Diário do Governo]]'' published decree n°22:498. This decree, made by the [[Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal)|Ministry of Internal Administration]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 1933 |title=Diário do Governo 6 Maio de 1933 |url=https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1933/05/09900/07110711.pdf |website=diariodarepublica.pt |publisher=[[Diário da República]]}}</ref> granted authorization to the [[Câmara municipal]] of Guimarães to expropriate the Afonso Henrique Theatre, to extend the [[São Dâmaso Boulevard|S. Dâmaso Street]] to the [[Campo da Feira]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 06-05-1933 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/192939 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> On 18 February 1936, the Câmara Municipal of Guimarães met in extraordinary session to create a solution to the lack of a proper theater in the city. The original idea was to keep the theatre standing since the street approved in the 1933 decree was not built. No solution to the problem emerged from this meeting, and rumors soon began to circulate about the reconstruction of the old theater being stuck.<ref name=":1" /> The decision to close the theatre was also in part to its deteriorating condition dating back to 1919, when it was described:
 {{Quote|text=Guimarães has a theatre like all the lands of this world, a theatre named after Afonso Henriques.
-However, this one offers no guarantees against disaster. Apart from the fact that it has nothing, absolutely nothing, that should be required in a theatre, it currently has the serious inconvenience of not having a single wooden plank that hasn't showed signs of old age.
+However, this one offers no guarantees against disaster. Apart from the fact that it has nothing, absolutely nothing, that should be required in a theatre, it currently has the serious inconvenience of not having a single wooden plank that hasn't shown signs of old age.
 The whole place is rotten. One day it'll all fall down and poor of those who are having a party inside when that happens.|title=Gil Vicente, n.º 057, of 09/11/1919|source=[https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/hemeroteca/item/84982#lg=1&slide=0 Martins Sarmento Society Archive]}}
-In September 1936, the theatre was temporarily repurposed to house families whose homes were demolished and didn’t have money to buy a new one.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Cunha |first=Paulo |date=2012–2013 |title=Espaços de exibição de cinema em Guimarães: O caso do Cine-Teatro Municipal (1935) |url=https://www.amap.pt/r/file/441 |language=pt}}</ref> After many complaints the families were promised by the city council to be moved to a different location before the start of the [[Gualterianas]] of 1938.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=29 July 1938 |title=Comércio de Guimarães · Hemeroteca Vimaranense |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/hemeroteca/item/62729#lg=1&slide=0 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref>
+The theatre ceased activities and was closed in 1936,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Lino Moreira da |year=2012–2013 |title=João de Meira, autor de "Pregões Nicolinos" |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/files/original/f603d3bea6a731bd58d0992817c15c667b8a232c.pdf |publisher=[[Martins Sarmento Society]]}}</ref> however, in September of the same year, it was temporarily repurposed to house families whose homes were demolished, and could not afford to buy a new one.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Cunha |first=Paulo |date=2012–2013 |title=Espaços de exibição de cinema em Guimarães: O caso do Cine-Teatro Municipal (1935) |url=https://www.amap.pt/r/file/441 |language=pt}}</ref> After many complaints the families were promised by the city council to be moved to a different location before the start of the [[Gualterianas]] of 1938.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=29 July 1938 |title=Comércio de Guimarães · Hemeroteca Vimaranense |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/hemeroteca/item/62729#lg=1&slide=0 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref>
-On 29 July 1938, it was announced at the [[O Comércio de Guimarães|''O Comércio de Guimarães'']] that the Afonso Henriques Theatre, described as a “shameful inn”, would be indefinitely closed after the relocation of said families.<ref name=":6" /> In August of that year, after almost two years of serving as a shelter to these families, the Afonso Henriques Theatre was closed,<ref name=":5" /> as plans to reconstruct it were abandoned as the construction of its [[Jordão Theatre|so much announced successor]] had already started back in February 1937,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 22-02-1937 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/189961 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref> rendering the building useless.
+On 29 July 1938, it was announced at the ''[[O Comércio de Guimarães]]'' that the theatre had become a "shameful inn", and would be indefinitely closed after the relocation of said families.<ref name=":6" /> In August of the same year, after almost two years of serving as a shelter to these families, the theatre permanently closed,<ref name=":5" /> and plans to reconstruct it were abandoned as the construction of its announced successor, the [[Jordão Theatre]], had already begun in February 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Efeméride de 22-02-1937 · Arquivo da Sociedade Martins Sarmento |url=https://www.csarmento.uminho.pt/site/s/archsms/item/189961 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=csarmento.uminho.pt}}</ref>
+The theatre was destroyed sometime between 1943 and 1949, with its last appearance in a photograph in 1943.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neves |first=António Amaro das |date=21 April 2018 |title=O cortejo de mil carros (Guimarães, 1943) |url=https://araduca.blogspot.com/2018/04/o-cortejo-de-mil-carros-guimaraes-1943.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawER-85leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZI8nn2sgr537vOlD2lJYIruEfAcsdpbjgATCzw30z1G1_2-KW9Q-sc4ig_aem_WPmSuoMiyiP46R-BmFLN_w |access-date=27 July 2024 |website=Memórias da Araduca |quote=Second photograph}}</ref> By 1949, three houses had already been built on the site,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Procissão de S. Gualter, 1949 |url=https://gmrvisual.blogspot.com/2019/06/procissao-de-s-damaso-1949.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwY2xjawESA9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRyPCxCZYRmG-u-Wn116SSizzVuk9adN6dYpUD7Tw42tXOXANqHx0TmmJA_aem_E5ZJDPsbu4n2IBlxNnR6CA |quote=Third photograph}}</ref> which were later demolished alongside many other buildings, including the [[São Dâmaso Church]], in the late 1950s and early 1960s to make way for [[São Dâmaso Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliveira |first=António José |title=A obra de pedraria e talha da Igreja de São Dâmaso de Guimarães (1691-1784) |url=https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/revistaartesdecorativas/article/download/2059/1981}}</ref>
-The Afonso Henriques Theatre was eventually destroyed and replaced by three houses, which were also later demolished in the late 1950s to make space for the [[São Dâmaso Boulevard]].
 == See also ==
 * [[Jordão Theatre]]
 * [[Campo da Feira]]
-* [[Guimarães]]
 * [[Cinema of Portugal]]
 == References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-{{reflist}}{{Commonscat|Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques}}{{Guimarães}}
+== External links ==
+* {{Commonscat inline|Teatro Dom Afonso Henriques|Afonso Henriques Theatre}}
+{{Guimarães}}
+[[Category:Baroque architecture in Portugal]]
+[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in the 1940s]]
+[[Category:Former theatres in Portugal]]
+[[Category:Theatres completed in 1855]]
+[[Category:Theatres in Guimarães]]

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