Palace Cinema [Riga]
type: Item
label: Palace Cinema
description: Theatre building in Riga, Latvia
description: bioscoop in Riga, Letland @nl
EUTA building identifier: 3006
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Latvia
City: Riga
Wikidata source: Q4394402
opening date: 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 461
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1923 by Fridrihs Karlis Skujins as cinema Splendid Palace. 824 seats. Opened 30 Dec 1923 with the movie Under Two Flags (1922). December 1952 renamed Kinoteatr Riga. 2006-2010 reconstruction and renovations. 2011 re-renamed Splendid Palace. Currently three screens with a total of 863 seats (including the former Kinoteatris Spartaks next door). Main hall also used for concerts and live events.