Miguel Ventura Terra
Miguel Ventura Terra (1866–1919) was a Portuguese architect.
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Miguel Ventura Terra
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- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1919
- Education
- École de Beaux-Arts
- Occupation
- architect
- Nationality
- Portugal · Kingdom of Portugal
- Languages
- Portuguese
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• Born — 1866 • Died — 1919 • Education — École de Beaux-Arts • Occupation — architect • Significant Projects — * Politeama Theatre • Lisbon Synagogue • São Bento Palace • Santa Luzia Church • Illustration — Valmor Mansion (Lisbon) by Ventura Terra (c. 1906). Miguel Ventura Terra (1866–1919) was a Portuguese architect.
Education
Education
Ventura Terra studied in Porto and later in the École de Beaux-Arts of Paris in the atelier of Victor Laloux. Upon his return to Portugal, he became a celebrated architect and authored many prize-winning projects.
Work
Work
Most of his work is located in Lisbon like the Politeama Theatre (1912), the Lisbon Synagogue (1902–1904), the Alfredo da Costa Maternity and the renovation of São Bento Palace (early 1900), which houses the Portuguese Parliament. In Lisbon he also built several private mansions and buildings, several of which won the prestigious Valmor Prize, given by the Lisbon Municipality. In Viana do Castelo he designed the Neo-Byzantine Santa Luzia Church (1903–1940).
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Miguel Ventura Terra is recorded as architect and politician.
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Life and career
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1866
Miguel Ventura Terra was born in 1866 at Seixas.
1919
Miguel Ventura Terra died in 1919 at Lisbon.
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Seixas.
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Arquitecto Ventura Terra
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