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Teatro Principal
"In the old street of shoemakers (nowadays Paz Street) Mr Santiago Sáez built a theatre, and legend has it that it was because at other premises he was refused to reserve a box. The year was 1830 and the new theatre was built in the fashion of the time, in Italian style, halfway between Baroque and Romanticism: stalls and ground-floor boxes, three floors of boxes and a convenient stage for performances, all decorated with frescoes by Parada Justel, now disappeared.
Centre of Ourense’s cultural life but also of the social and politica life, throughout its history the building underwent numerous transformations and refurbishments, such as that undertaken in 1915 to turn it into a cinema, until its closure in 1975. In the 90s the city recovered this space after the major restoration which gave it its current design. Keeping the traditional elements, its dome incorporated frescoes by Xaime Quessada, and its design explains why the peanut gallery is called “the paradise” here.
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Retrieved from the official tourism website of the Region:https://www.turismodeourense.gal/
