Teatro Nacional Cervantes [Buenos Aires]
type: Item
label: Teatro Nacional Cervantes
description: Theatre building in Buenos Aires, Argentina
description: organisatie uit Argentinië @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5131
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Argentina
City: Buenos Aires
opening date: 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q367615
GPS: Point(-58.3838 -34.5989)
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 141808
Web: nuevo sitio
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q191009
Carthalia ID: 962
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1919-1921 as Teatro Cervantes by Aranda and Reppeto for the actors and impresarios, María Guerrero and Fernando Díaz de Mendoza. Named in honour of the Spanish novelist, playwright and poet, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). Opened 5 Sep 1921 with Lope de Vega's La dama boba. 1926 nationalized. 1947 renamed Teatro Nacional Cervantes. Damaged by a fire on 10 Aug 1961. Subsequently rebuilt. Re-opened 1968. 1995 declared a national monument.