Teatro Macedonio Alcalà [Oaxaca de Juárez]
type: Item
label: Teatro Macedonio Alcalá @es
label: Teatro Macedonio Alcalà
description: Theatre building in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
description: theater in Oaxaca @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5439
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Mexico
City: Oaxaca de Juárez
opening date: 1909-09-05T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q6139791
GPS: Point(-96.7234 17.0614)
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2616
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built by Rodolfo Franco Larrainzar. Opened 5 Sept 1909 as Teatro Casino Luis Mier y Terán. Named after the Mexican politican, Luis Mier y Terán (1835-1891). Later renamed in honour of the Mexican general and revolutionary, Jesús Carranza Garza (1863-1915). In the 1930s renamed in honour of the Mexican violinist, pianist and composer, Macedonio Alcalá (1831-1869).