Teatro
de Cristobal Colon - Bogota Opera House
August 2007
The Teatro de Cristóbal Colón (The Christopher Columbus Theatre), also known as the Teatro Colón,
is located in Bogotá, Colombia and it is the nation's National Theatre.
It was built in the Neoclassical style by the Italian architect Pietro Cantini in 1885 and inaugurated inr 1892
on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America with a performance of Verdi's Ernani.
The auditorium was constructed in the tradition horseshoe-shape and modelled on the layout of the Palais Garnier in Paris,
but only about half the size.
August 2007
The Teatro de Cristóbal Colón (The Christopher Columbus Theatre), also known as the Teatro Colón,
is located in Bogotá, Colombia and it is the nation's National Theatre.
It was built in the Neoclassical style by the Italian architect Pietro Cantini in 1885 and inaugurated inr 1892
on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America with a performance of Verdi's Ernani.
The auditorium was constructed in the tradition horseshoe-shape and modelled on the layout of the Palais Garnier in Paris,
but only about half the size.