Greek Theatre [Barcelona]
type: Item
label: Teatre Grec @nl
description: Theatre building in Barcelona, Spain
description: theater in Barcelona, Spanje @nl
alternative label: Greek Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1468
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
GPS: Point(2.1597 41.3694)
Wikidata source: Q2352194
opening date: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137479
EEConde: Barcelona 105
Address: Pg. Santa Madrona 36
Postal Code: 8038
Wikidata instance: Q24354
context: The theater is a scenic open-air theater constructed in 1929 for the Barcelona International Exposition, an event that served as the stimulus for building on a good part of the mountain of Montjuïc.
context: The Greek Theater (Teatre Grec) on which it’s located was an ancient quarry, which became the source of all the materials used to create the structure. It was designed by architect Ramón Reventós Ferrerons, who also oversaw the construction of the Venetian towers of the Plaça Espanya. And if there the inspiration was ancient Venice, for the theater, Ferrerons focused on the theater of Epidaurus, such that the design ultimately became a stage built in a ditch, surrounded by a set of semicircular stands.
context: After the international engagement, the venue fell into disuse until the 1950s, when the Barcelona City Hall decided to give the theater new life. But its real shining moment wouldn’t arrive until the era of democracy; 1976, to be exact, the year the GREC Festival was first held. Since then, the venue has become the principal point of reference for Barcelona’s summertime cultural life, since the festival, held in July, offers a wide array of live theater, dance, circus, and musical performances.
Source URL: the-greek-theater
Source URL: Teatre Grec
Source URL: teatre-grec
architect: Ramón Reventós Ferrerons
Capacity: 1900
Building date: 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190935
Carthalia ID: 342
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Spanish name: Teatro Griego. Open-air theatre, built 1929 for the Exposicíon Internacional de Barcelona exposition (as a modern adaption of a Greek theatre, losely based on the Theatre at Epidauros). Since 1976, used for the Festival d'Estiu de Barcelona summer festival, also known as Festival Grec. [N.B.: This theatre is not identical with the central plaza in Barcelona's Parque Güell, also known under the name Teatre Grec/Teatro Griego as intended by its creator A. Gaudi.]