Teatro 3 de Febrero
Paraná's municipal theatre of 1852, rebuilt in 1908 beneath a silvered foyer dome.
The theatre opened on 8 February 1852 in a hall designed by José Quirce, at a moment when Paraná was about to become capital of the Argentine Confederation. It takes its name from the battle of Caseros, fought on 3 February that year, and predates both the Teatro Solís in Montevideo and the first Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The original building served the city for half a century before it was replaced, and the theatre has since remained in municipal hands as the principal stage of Entre Ríos.
The present building was raised in 1908 to designs by Lorenzo Siegerist, in an eclectic manner with baroque decoration inside. The three-storey front carries giant pilasters, five marble-framed doors and arched windows with Corinthian capitals, and a silvered dome rises over the foyer. The horseshoe auditorium holds about 650 people, with roughly 850 places in the building as a whole, and the dome above it was painted by Ítalo Piccioli with cherubs, muses, instruments and garlands. It was declared a National Historic Monument in 2008.
Highlights
- Silvered dome above the foyer, a landmark of central Paraná
- Auditorium dome painted by Ítalo Piccioli with muses and instruments
- Horseshoe hall seating about 650
- National Historic Monument since 2008
