History of the Theater of Fine Arts in Guatemala City
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- 20 Apr 2023
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This is the story of the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Guatemala City , which is located in the Historic Center , exactly, at Avenida Elena 14-75, zone 1.
Currently, the Theater of Fine Arts is an artistic hall dedicated to the execution of cultural functions.
History of the Theater of Fine Arts in Guatemala City
The Teatro de Bellas Artes was built at the end of 1948, by the Samayoa family, under the name of "Popular Cinema" , at the time of the maximum peak of cinema for black and white films, in addition, it had a capacity for a thousand people . The theater began to have different owners and functionalities according to the tastes of the people, becoming known until 1980 as Cine – Teatro Avenida .
In December 1980, the Ministry of Education acquired it for use by the recently created Directorate of Fine Arts and in 1981, it became part of the General Directorate of Cultural Diffusion . Since its acquisition in 1981, the Bellas Artes Theater has functioned as a center in which official and independent artistic groups, as well as public and private institutions, carry out their cultural activities, organized and coordinated mostly independently of the administration . of the theater. Read More…
