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La Perla | |
 Teatro La Perla | |
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| Address | Calle Mayor and Calle Cristina (NE corner) |
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| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°00′44″N 66°36′42″W / 18.012139°N 66.611757°W |
| Owner | Autonomous Municipality of Ponce |
| Operator | Carmen Martinez Aja, director[2] |
| Type | Indoor theater |
| Genre(s) | music, concerts, theatre |
| Seating type | soft seat, reserved seating |
| Capacity | 1,047 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1860 |
| Built | 1860-1864 |
| Opened | 28 May 1864[1] |
| Closed | 1918-1941 (earthquake) 2006-2008 (renovations) |
| Reopened | 2008 |
| Architect | Juan Bertoli Calderoni |
| Tenants | |
| Festival Luis Torres Nadal | |
La Perla Auditorium and Public Library | |
| NRHP reference No. | 100007054 |
| Added to NRHP | 27 September 2021 |
Teatro La Perla is a historic theater in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1864,[3] it is the second oldest theater of its kind in Puerto Rico,[4] but "the largest and most historic in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean."[5][6] The theater was named La Perla in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat (Spanish: La Virgen de Montserrat), known as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean."[7][8][9][a] It is located in barrio Tercero, in the Ponce Historic Zone.
- ^ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y la campana de la Almudaina: Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda década del siglo XX. Page 574. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Impreso por Editora Corripio, C. por A. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. LOC Catalog Number: 85-90989. Registration Number: TX-1-977-212.
- ^ A regañadientes teatristas ponceños llegan al Teatro La Perla: buscan revivir el desaparecido Festival Luis Torres Nadal. Agustin Muñoz. El Sol de Puerto Rico. 24 October 2019. Accessed 4 November 2019.
- ^ Ponce: La Capital del Sur de Puerto Rico Archived 2 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ^ La Perla Theater. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Teatro La Perla. Frommer's Puerto Rico. By Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince. Page 182. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Frommers. Ponce. Walking Tours.
- ^ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y la campana de la Almudaina: Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XX. Page 111. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Impreso por Editora Corripio, C. por A. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. LOC Catalog Number: 85-90989. Registration Number: TX-1-977-212.
- ^ Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Ponce Walking Tour. At VisitPonce.com Archived 16 March 2010 at WebCite
- ^ Government of the Municipality of Ponce. VisitPonce website > Disfrutalo > Ponce es para Ti > Paseo de Arte y Cultura> Teatro La Perla.
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