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Founded in 1838 by the liberal bourgeoisie as a recreation club and theatre, is one of the oldest collectivities in the country.
For decades it had a small “Italian style” theater, built in 1843, with a capacity of about 200 seats. In the same space operated the Cineteatro Vianense, predecessor of the present, which in the beginning of the 20th century regularly exhibited the silent films that were produced abroad. The recitals and plays were frequent – some in favor of the Misericórdia hospital – as a pretext for the children of the bourgeoisie to be able to fraternise. The recreational association had a band, the Filarmónica Vianense (the Vianense Philharmonic), which between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th disputed the opportunity to be present in the processions and festivities with a rival fanfare, ending up being dissolved due to divergences between the musicians and the management.

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