A comparison between Antoni Gaudi (1852 – 1926) / Barcelona / Spain – – Fa?ade of The Secret Family Temple with Poty Lazzarotto (1924-1998) Ctba-BR

never confounded. His favorite materials are cement, glazed tiles, stained glass windows, and wood, and as it was already said in big murals like the one in “Largo da Ordem” representing the chariots of the grocers, basically Italian and Polish colonial people close to Largo da Ordem in Curitiba. Another wonderful work is the mural at 19 de Dezembro Square in celebration to the Centenary of Paraná. At Iguaçu Palace, one can see the mural Allegory of Paraná, which is the façade of Iguaçu Palace when it was inaugurated in 1953 (same technique of the Theater). The main work to be analyzed in front of Guaíra Theater that Poty’s façade is located. It portrays The Theater in the World (1969). “Before dying in 1998, Poty could see an exhibition organized by CEF; one of the strongest

banks in Brazil with designs, outlines, and miniatures that could be seen all together for the first time, as Mrs. Casillo explains.”09 Differently of Gaudi who left Secret Temple unfinished.

            The preliminary point to be considered should be the fact that the first theater started to be built (1855) in Curitiba at the same time Gaudi was walking first steps (1852). But the first inaugurated one (1884) is now the building of the Public Library in Curitiba. Guaíra Theater was a prison originally, during the Federalist Revolution and only in 1900 it was reopened with the name Guayra. It was demolished. In 1952 it was rebuilt because of public request under the command of Rubens Meister (architect). The first stage was Salvador de Ferrante (1954) and the big one was built 16 years later. A fire destroyed the theater in 1970, and in 1975 it was finally concluded, becoming one of the greatest artistic-cultural-complexes of Latin

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