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Stage & cinema · Recife / Santo Antônio

Santa Isabel Theatre

A nineteenth-century neoclassical theatre, nationally protected and central to Recife’s cultural and civic history.
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Santa Isabel Theatre — Original Meu Recife editorial illustration — not a documentary photograph.
Original Meu Recife editorial illustration — not a documentary photograph. · Meu Recife
Description automatically translated from the Portuguese editorial summary.
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Historical and cultural context

A nineteenth-century neoclassical theatre, nationally protected and central to Recife’s cultural and civic history. Meu Recife places the site within the editorial thread “Recife · square · Republic · power”. This reading first establishes the documented cultural role, then keeps it separate from mutable hours, admission and exhibition programming.

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What to notice on site

Begin with these source-grounded themes: façade; auditorium; relationship with the street. They are not a generic attraction checklist, but prompts derived from this specific profile's evidence. Read the façade, auditorium and relationship with the street as parts of one performing-arts venue; check the current programme separately.

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Relationship with the city and district

Santa Isabel Theatre is in Santo Antônio, Recife. The atlas connects it to the “Recife · square · Republic · power” circuit, grouping places by theme and geography without inventing a single chronology. Treat the approach, nearby streets and shifts in urban scale as part of the visit: they explain how the place belongs to this part of the city.

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Verified facts

Every fact below is linked to this profile’s source codes.

Location
Santo Antônio · Recife
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Listed address
Praça da República, s/n
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Documented focus
A nineteenth-century neoclassical theatre, nationally protected and central to Recife’s cultural and civic history.
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Evidence basis
Identity, location and cultural relevance are supported by primary evidence.
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Original Meu Recife editorial copy based only on this profile's source codes. It does not reproduce third-party text in full or turn a community-guide opinion into fact.

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Before visiting

Reference address
Praça da República, s/n, Santo Antônio, Recife — PE
Stage & cinema
30–60 min without a show
What can change
Hours, tickets, accessibility and temporary closures can change. Confirm with the official source before visiting.
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Getting there

Coordinates published by an institutional source

Reference address
Praça da República, s/n
District and city
Santo Antônio · Recife, PE
Verified coordinates
-8.060693, -34.878138
Coordinates published by an institutional source · map © OpenStreetMap