Tourism of Manaus

The Amazonas Theater, inaugurated in 1896, December, 31 is the symbol of prosperity of Manaus at the end of the nineteenth century due to the economic importance of the latex extracted from rubber trees in the city. With capacity for 701 people, the theater had internal decoration made by artists Crispim do Amaral and Domenico de Angelis. On the ground floor, stand out the ornaments on the columns, with masks honoring famous composers and playwrights such as Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Moliere, Rossini, Mozart, Verdi and others. In the central part of the roof, there is a golden crystal chandelier imported from Venice. The ”Meeting of the Waters” is a  spectacle of nature in which the dark waters of the Negro River and the light waters of the Solimões River run side by side without mixing.