Theatres, arenas and venues to film in Portugal
8 of them, 4 with a photo and 3 with practical details the location publishes itself. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them.
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Algarve International Circuit
Theatre, arena & venue
FIA-grade motor racing circuit near Portimao with elevation changes of up to forty metres, a start-finish straight, paddock buildings and grandstands.
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Cinema São Jorge
Theatre, arena & venue
Art Deco cinema opened in 1950 on Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade, run by the city's culture agency EGEAC and host to the city's main film festivals, with its screening rooms available for space rental.
Culturgest
Theatre, arena & venue
Arts centre run by a bank foundation inside its Lisbon headquarters, with galleries and auditoriums used for theatre, music, cinema and conferences, and its own space-rental service.
Estádio do Dragão
Theatre, arena & venue
FC Porto's stadium in Campanhã, opened in 2003 with about 50,000 seats, offering pitch, stands, museum and hospitality areas.
Braga Municipal Stadium
Theatre, arena & venue
Football stadium built into a disused granite quarry on Monte Castro, with seating on two sides only and the bare quarry rock face left exposed behind each goal.
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Casa da Musica
Theatre, arena & venue
Angular concrete concert hall by Rem Koolhaas on Porto's Rotunda da Boavista, with a shoebox-shaped main auditorium and several smaller performance rooms.
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Centro de Artes do Espetáculo de Portalegre
Theatre, arena & venue
Municipal performing arts centre in Portalegre's historic centre, built on the site of a former religious retreat house, with a large auditorium, a smaller auditorium and a multipurpose cafe-concert hall.
Piscina das Marés
Theatre, arena & venue
Álvaro Siza's tidal swimming pools built into the rocks at Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, using seawater pools framed in board marked concrete.
Theatres, arenas and venues elsewhere in Europe
- United Kingdom 47
- Germany 39
- Spain 38
- France 30
- Austria 26
- Hungary 23
- Poland 22
- Belgium 20
- Netherlands 19
- Croatia 14
- Italy 14
- Czech Republic 13
Other kinds of location in Portugal
- Industrial and derelict locations 11
- Offices, schools and public buildings 8
- Transport and infrastructure 11
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