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Culture
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2005 © Oficina Virtual de Turismo
For several years now Guimarães has been investing increasingly in a cultural
program that rests upon 6 fundamental criteria: regularity in the offer of
culture, quality of the projects presented, diversity of style and art forms
divulged, favouring contemporary productions, and upholding the strength and
coherence of the project.
The method followed was to establish, whenever possible, active cooperation for
the organisation of a calendar of anchor events, never duplicating nor
substituting already existing dynamics.
Guimarães Jazz, the Gil Vicente Festivals (theatre) or the Encontros
da Primavera (classical music), are examples of consolidated events
with a great public impact, in some cases international.
Once such events were well established and consolidated, new challenges
appeared: favouring local and national productions, carrying out training
projects (for professionals and nonprofessionals) and reaching a larger, more
informed and more loyal audience.
The strong investment in culture, winning over a more and more demanding
public, the demand for original artists and the political will to establish
Guimarães as a city of culture determined the building of the Cultural Center
Vila Flor. The work that has begun there represents a strong boost for the
cultural dynamics initiated in recent years.
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