Concha Acústica de Ponce
Concha Acústica de Ponce, seen from the seating area
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| Former names | Teatro del Parque de la Abolicion |
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| Address | Marina and Salud Streets |
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18° 00' 22.78"N; 66° 36' 45.79"W |
| Owner | Municipality of Ponce |
| Type | Amphitheatre |
| Genre(s) | musical, performing arts, cultural |
| Seating type | Concrete benches; lawn area |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
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| Built | 1956 |
| Opened | 1956 |
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| www.visitponce.com | |
Concha Acústica de Ponce (English: Ponce Acoustic Shell) is an open-air music and performing arts amphitheater venue in Ponce, Puerto Rico, owned and managed by the Ponce Municipal Government. It is located on the grounds of Parque de la Abolición. The open-air auditorium-amphitheater is used primarily for cultural events. It is open from Monday though Friday, 8:00AM to 4:30PM. Concha Acústica, as it is known today (2017), is the result of a 1956 redesign that also affected the adjacent Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud. The original design was augmented by this 1956 redesign/renovation by Francisco Porrata-Doría (1890–1971).
The amphitheater is located on Avenida Hostos at the fork of Salud Street and Marina Street. It is immediately north of the obelisk commemorating the abolition of slavery, Monumento a la abolición de la exclavitud. Together with the obelisk and the park's shady green lawn area on its north end, Concha Acústica completes the park as a triangular city block. The amphitheater can seat 2,000 people. Seats in the audience portion of the amphitheater consist of long concrete benches, each capable of seating large numbers of people.
In 1874, a year after the abolition of slavery, a group of citizens built a small monument in memory of the historic event. In 1880 Olimpio Otero, Juan Mayoral Barnés, and Román Baldorioty de Castro were instrumental in formalizing the concept for a park dedicated to the commemorating the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico. Juan Mayoral Barnés brought the idea for the creation of the park to the Ponce Municipal Assembly on 14 March 1880. It was unanimously approved by the Assembly, ratified by the Central Government, and confirmed by Royal Decree on 1 March 1881.
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