Teatro General San Martin
| General San Martín Theater | |
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| Teatro General San Martín | |
View from Corrientes Avenue
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| General information | |
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Address | Corrientes 1530 |
| Coordinates | 34°36′15.9″S 58°23′18.8″W / 34.604417°S 58.388556°WCoordinates: 34°36′15.9″S 58°23′18.8″W / 34.604417°S 58.388556°W |
| Construction started | 1954 |
| Completed | 1960 |
| Inaugurated | May 25, 1960 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| Owner | City of Buenos Aires |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 13 |
| Floor area | 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Mario Roberto Álvarez |
The Teatro General San Martín (General San Martín Theater) is an important public theater in Buenos Aires, located on Corrientes Avenue and adjacent to the cultural center of the same name. It is one of the major theaters in Argentina and offers venues for the representation of stage works and film, as well as art exhibitions.
Projects for the construction of this theater date to 1908, when Socialist Congressman Alfredo Palacios introduced a bill to that effect. A similar resolution passed the Deliberative Council of the City of Buenos Aires, which authorized the creation of the Buenos Aires People's Theater, and the bill was signed by Mayor Joaquin de Anchorena.
On November 26, 1936, Mayor Mariano de Vedia and Mitre provided for the construction of a building to house the Teatro del Pueblo, and on December 23, a theater located on 1530 Corrientes Avenue was expropriated for the purpose. Directed by Leonidas Barletta, the New Theatre received a 25-year concession from the city, though a nationalist 1943 coup d'état resulted in its rescission on December 3.
The Municipal Theater of Buenos Aires was inaugurated in its stead on May 23, 1944, for the promotion and expansion of the theatre in Argentina. The institution was renamed Teatro General San Martín (in honor of the centennial of the death of General José de San Martín, the hero of the Argentine War of Independence) by order of President Juan Perón, in 1950. Perón commissioned local architects Mario Roberto Álvarez and Macedonio Ruiz for the design of a new building for the San Martín, and work on the present building began June 24, 1954.
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