Teatro Argentino [Buenos Aires]
type: Item
label: Teatro Argentino
description: Theatre building in Buenos Aires, Argentina
EUTA building identifier: 5208
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Argentina
City: Buenos Aires
opening date: 1892-05-25T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q45214452
GPS: Point(-58.3868 -34.6077)
demolished: 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 5788
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Opened 25 May 1892 as Teatro Piedad. 1898 renamed Teatro Argentino. Destroyed by a fire on 2 May 1973, when religious fanatics committed arson to prevent a performance of Andrew Llody Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Remains demolished in favour of a parking lot.