Teatro Gil Vicente, Cascais
The ''Teatro Gil Vicente'' is a theatre in Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal. Named after the Portuguese playwright, Gil Vicente, (), the theatre opened in 1869. History ''Teatro Gil Vicente'' was inaugurated on August 15, 1869, with around 500 seats, consisting of 126 stall seats, 28 boxes and 200 seats in the gallery. The construction was carried out on the initiative of Manuel Rodrigues de Lima, a ship owner. It was built on the site of a small theatre that had been previously adapted from a warehouse. The work was supervised by José Vicente Costa. The scenery for the premiere was painted by two well-known scenographers, :pt:Achille Rambois, Achille Rambois and :pt:Giuseppe Cinatti, Giuseppe Cinatti. Although Cascais was just a fishing village in 1869, the decision of the Royal Family to spend part of the summer there from 1870 rapidly increased its importance and in its early years the theatre attracted many famous Portuguese actors. The theatre was often attended by King Lu ...
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Cascais
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist destination. Its Cascais Marina, marina hosts events such as the America's Cup and the town of Estoril, part of the Cascais municipality, hosts conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting. Cascais's history as a popular seaside resort originated in the 1870s, when King Luís I of Portugal and the House of Braganza, Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their residence every September, thus also attracting members of the Portuguese nobility, who established a summer community there. Cascais is known for the many members of royalty who have lived there, including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, when he was the Duke of Windsor, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and King Umberto II of Italy. Exiled Cuban president Fulgencio Batista ...
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