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Centro Cultural Vila Flor
Centro Cultural Vila Flor opened to the public, for the first time, on September 17, 2005. It assumed rapidly as a reference venue in the Portuguese cultural map.
It is a result of a contemporary intervention on the original Vila Flor Palace, from the 18th century. The new building was designed from the ground up for the presentation of cultural events. It is equipped with two auditoriums, four meeting rooms, an exhibition area of 1000 m2, a concert lounge bar and a restaurant. The magnificent gardens, from the original site, are also a beautiful place to diverse artistic presentations, that sums to the regular programming of the all complex.
Guimarães
The place from the Portuguese nationality, its historical capital, Guimarães is nowadays a modern, creative and vibrant city. In recent years it has achieved remarkable notoriety, as a result of several developments, that have resulted in successful marks: it is enlisted as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, by UNESCO in 2001. In 2012 and 2013 the city received de denomination of European Capital of Culture and European City of Sports, respectively.
Following the bodywork developed before and during Guimarães 2012 - European Capital of Culture, the city is now going through a particularly important moment. It has established a strong cultural dynamism and has in place large infrastructure investment.
Guimarães has now important cultural venues that can host the most diverse events. This set of assets only exist in a few cities of this dimension and that make Guimarães a place of excellence in the field of reception, artistic creation and presentation of shows.
Besides Vila Flor Cultural Center the city has an impressive system, that works in complementarity - the International Art Center José de Guimarães, the Candoso Creation Center, the Black Box of Fábrica Asa and the Espaço Oficina. The urban intervention in the Praça de Couros also gave this place excellent conditions for the enjoyment of artistic moments.
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