Lido Theater - Medellin, Colombia
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DougK
N 06° 15.140 W 075° 33.873
18N E 437549 N 691131
The Lido Theatre was born in 1945 on the initiative of Francisco Luis Moreno Ramirez, a wealthy man who wanted to contribute to the cultural life of Medellin. He hired the architect Federico Vasquez and sculptor Marin Vieco to build the theater.
Waymark Code: WMMBEN
Location: Colombia
Date Posted: 08/26/2014
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The Lido Theater is located across the street and east of
Parque Bolivar. The theater began operations in 1947 and was the most important music hall through the of 1950s and 1960s. However, in the early 1980s the theater began to decline. In 1997 the theater was declared as an architectural heritage of Medellin.
In 2005 a restoration of the Lido began. Original parts as Theatre's stained glass, murals, wood floors and mirrors were preserved, while adding modern technical equipment. In December 2007, the Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia won the public competition to manage the Theater and it was reopened that year.