The Teatro Calderón de la Barca is a theater in

Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

, Spain. It is named after the playwright

Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (17 January 160025 May 1681) (, ; ) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished Spanish Baroque literature, poets and ...

. The site of the theater was occupied until the mid-nineteenth century by the palace of the

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, Admiral of Castile, which was demolished to make way for the theatre. Jerónimo de la Gándara was the architect. One of the largest theaters in Spain, the facade has an eclectic neo-classical style. The Calderón opened in 1864. The interior has a horseshoe shape in the Italian style. The paint work, curtains and sets were created by the celebrated decorator Augusto Ferri. The

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side lamps date from the early twentieth century. Other rooms were a coffee shop, a library decorated with many paintings, and a banquet room. The magnificent and lavishly decorated building became one of the main theaters in Spain when it opened. Over the years it experienced ups and downs. Since 1973 the theater has been the permanent home of

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, the Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, or Valladolid International Film Festival. In the 1990s a major renovation was undertaken by the architects Jaime Nadal and Sebastian Araujo, and on 9 April 1999 the theatre was reopened by

Queen Sofía of Spain Sofía (Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica; Μαργαρίτα Βικτώρια Φρειδερίκη, romanized: ''Sofía Margaríta Bictória Freideríki''; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spai ...

. Since then its stage has been used by several national theater companies, and by both national and international dance companies.

Gallery

File:Teatro Calderón (Seminci 2007).JPG, During the Seminci 2007 festival File:Teatro Calderón durante la clausura de la Seminci 2008.jpg, During the closing ceremony for Seminci 2008 File:Exterior del Teatro Calderón de Valladolid durante la 56.ª Seminci (2011).jpg, Seminci 2011 File:Teatro Calderon Valladolid.jpg, The facade at night

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