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Teatro Martí is a Neoclassical
theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...
in
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. It was inaugurated on 8 June 1884 as the Teatro Irijoa, named after its founder and owner Ricardo Irijoa, from the Basque Country,
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. It was originally used for the performance of
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s and
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s, as well as meetings of the Partido Autonomista. In 1899, it was renamed Eden Garden, before changing its name again a year later to Teatro José Martí. In 1901, it held the ''Convención Constituyente'' which established the independent
Republic of Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
. At the time, it had a capacity of 1,200 persons. The theater was abandoned in the 1970s before reopening on 24 February 2014 in the presence of
Raúl Castro Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz ( ; ; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the One-par ...
. In 2015, it was awarded the ''Premio Nacional de Restauración''. In 2016, the restored Teatro Martí appeared on Cuban postage stamps.


See also

* List of buildings in Havana


References

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