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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 10, 2017
Caption: English text of additional Francisco de Paulo Toro Theater Marker
Additional Description: The English text of this additional marker to the far right of the featured marker is slightly different. It reads: Francisco de Paulo Toro Theater
This was the first lyric theater built in the Republic and constructed by the initative of Major Francisco de Paula Toro, from Cuban origin, brother-in-law of Antonio López de Santa Ana and Governor of the Yucatán Península in 1834. As he was very fond of Campeche, he wanted to bring modernity to the city with public works like the construction of this theater in 1833. Here the inhabitants of Campeche met to enjoy literary evenings, operas, zarzuelas, civic events and films.

The supervision of the construction of this theater was in charge of Teodoro Journot, a French engineer who was purging a sentence in the local jail at that time. In 1990, after being restored as part of the celebration of the 450 Anniversary of the Founding of Campeche, it became the City Theater.
Submitted: January 28, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p374200
File Size: 1.564 Megabytes

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