Teatro García Barbón [Vigo]
type: Item
label: Teatro Afundácion @es
label: Teatro García Barbón
description: Theatre building in Vigo, Spain
description: operagebouw in Spanje @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1498
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Spain
City: Vigo
GPS: Point(-8.7234 42.2379)
Wikidata source: Q3393491
opening date: 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: teatro-vigo
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 3585
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1927 by Antonio Palacios, replacing the Teatro Rosalía de Castro (opened 1900, destroyed by a fire in 1910). Opened 23 April 1927. Originally named Teatro García Barbón in honour of the businessman and donor, José García Barbón (1831-1909). Later purchased by the bank Novacaixagalicia and renamed Teatro Afundación.