The Pedreira Paulo Leminski

Paulo Leminski

Paulo Leminski Filho was a Brazilian poet and writer. He took pride in being of mixed Polish and African descent....

is a house of spectacles, outdoors, in Curitiba

Curitiba

Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

, with a capacity of up to 70,000 people. Its name is a tribute to Paulo Leminski, curitibano writer of the twentieth century, and because the place formerly had served as a Municipal Pedreira, a plant of asphalt. Today the site is surrounded by a wall of rock thirty meters (100') high. Located in the neighborhood of Abranches, the site has about 103,500 metres, and its stage has around 480m². It was planted in 1990.

Near the quarry is the Wire Opera House

Wire Opera House

The Ópera de Arame, in Portuguese, or the Wire Opera House, in English, is a theatre house located in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city...

, opened in 1992 because of the first Festival of Theater of Curitiba. Together, the two sites make up the Parque das Quarries.

Events in Pedreira

During the anniversary of the city's three hundred years, the pedreia was the scene of the tenor Jose Carreras, accompanied by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra.

Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

 were scheduled to perform during their III Tour

III Tour

The III Tour was a 1998 concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen. It was the band's first and only tour with vocalist Gary Cherone, in support of the only album he recorded with the band—the poor-selling Van Halen III.-History:...

 on September 25, 1998, but the show was cancelled.

On March 4, 2008, British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

 played its most ambitious tour ever, Somewhere Back In Time World Tour

Somewhere Back In Time World Tour

Somewhere Back in Time World Tour was a concert tour by Iron Maiden in 2008 and 2009, focussed on the band's 80s material, in particular songs from Powerslave, Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son...

, to at least 20,000 fans.