Teatro Bolívar

Quito


One of the city’s most illustrious and important theaters, the Teatro Bolívar stages dance performances, concerts and plays. The wonderful art deco building, completed in 1933, has been in various stages of restoration since it was badly damaged by a fire in 1999.


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