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Casa Da Música

House Of Music

Casa Da Música

House Of Music

Learn more about Casa da Música, a space solely dedicated to music and the arts in Porto.

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  • 00:00:03A Casa da Música é uma sala de concertos na cidade do Porto. Casa da Música is a concert hall in the city of Porto.
  • 00:00:08O edifício, arquitetado pelo holandês Rem Koolhaas, é o primeiro, em Portugal, dedicado unicamente à música. The building, designed by Dutchman Rem Koolhaas, is the first in Portugal dedicated solely to music.
  • 00:00:17O projeto, imaginado para assinalar o ano em que o Porto foi Capital Europeia da Cultura, em 2001, The project, designed to mark the year that Porto was the European Capital of Culture, in 2001,
  • 00:00:24só foi inaugurado em 2005, mas rapidamente se tornou num ex-libris da cidade. was only opened in 2005, but quickly became an ex-libris (official landmark) of the city.
  • 00:00:32Diz-se que a construção desta sala de espetáculos trouxe novos desafios à engenharia, It is said that the construction of this concert hall brought new engineering challenges,
  • 00:00:38devido à forma peculiar que o edifício tem. due to the peculiar shape that the building has.
  • 00:00:43O certo é que a sua arquitetura é fortemente aclamada pela crítica. What is certain is that its architecture is highly critically acclaimed.
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ArquitetadoDesigned, architected assinalarto mark, signal assistirto watch, attend, to assist o desafiochallenge o edifíciobuilding a engenhariaengineering EspetáculoPerformance, show. a formashape, form, way, baking mould HolandêsDutch, Dutchman ImaginadoDesigned, imagined a músicamusic possuirto possess, have Sala de concertosConcert hall Sala de espetáculosConcert hall, show room UnicamenteOnly, solely
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Aclamada pela críticaCritically acclaimed Tanto...comoBoth...and, As much...as, As well as O certo é queWhat is certain is that, The point is that
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