Teatro Regio, Theatre on Avenida Córdoba, Abasto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teatro Regio is a theatre at Avenida Córdoba 6056, opened on 24 May 1929, whose design draws on the Spanish Baroque style. It has a sliding roof that was used in summer to ease the high temperatures. Inside are a lower stalls area with 439 seats, an upper stalls area for 150 people and 18 boxes for four people each.
The Teatro Regio was inaugurated on 24 May 1929 by a local businessman, in a building designed in the Spanish Baroque style. In the late 1970s it was known as the Teatro de las Provincias Argentinas. The businessman Miguel Majdalani later ceded it to the City of Buenos Aires, which owns it today.
The theatre's name recalls the Royal Theatre of Turin, and its Spanish Baroque design includes a sliding roof that was opened in summer to ease the heat. It was renamed Teatro de las Provincias Argentinas in the late 1970s, and businessman Miguel Majdalani later ceded it to the City of Buenos Aires.
The theater stands at Avenida Córdoba 6056, in the Abasto area of Buenos Aires. Visitors arriving by public transport should head for that avenue address rather than the neighborhood center. The building belongs to the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
The theatre has a sliding roof that was opened in summer to ease the high temperatures. It was renamed Teatro de las Provincias Argentinas in the late 1970s, and the businessman Miguel Majdalani later ceded it to the City of Buenos Aires.
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