Teatro La Perla
La Perla | |
Teatro La Perla | |
| Address | Calle Mayor and Calle Cristina (NE corner) |
|---|---|
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°00′44″N 66°36′42″W / 18.012139°N 66.611757°W |
| Owner | Autonomous Municipality of Ponce |
| Operator | Carmen Martinez Aja, director |
| Type | Indoor theater |
| Genre(s) | music, concerts, theatre |
| Seating type | soft seat, reserved seating |
| Capacity | 1,047 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1860 |
| Built | 1860-1864 |
| Opened | 28 May 1864 |
| Closed | 1918-1941 (earthquake) 2006-2008 (renovations) |
| Reopened | 2008 |
| Architect | Juan Bertoli Calderoni |
| Tenants | |
| Festival Luis Torres Nadal | |
La Perla Auditorium and Public Library | |
| NRHP reference No. | 100007054 |
| Added to NRHP | 27 September 2021 |
Teatro La Perla is a historic theater in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1864, it is the second oldest theater of its kind in Puerto Rico, but "the largest and most historic in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean." The theater was named La Perla in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat (Spanish: La Virgen de Montserrat), known as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean." It is located in barrio Tercero, in the Ponce Historic Zone.