Liceo Casino
cultural and leisure society building in Pontevedra (Spain)
The Liceo Casino is a neoclassical building from 1878 located in the historic centre of Pontevedra, which houses the oldest cultural and leisure society in Pontevedra, Spain.
Location
The Liceo Casino is located in the same block as the Principal Theatre of Pontevedra, being adjacent to it. Its main façade faces Manuel Quiroga street and its side façades overlook Don Filiberto and Duque de Tetuán streets.
History
The Liceo Casino de Pontevedra was founded on 25 February 1855. At the beginning, its activities took place in a building in the Teucer Square belonging to the García Feijóo family and the music and dance sessions were held in the old theatre in Isabel II Street. The lack of space and the growth of its cultural projects led to its move to the Pazo of the Count of San Román, in the same square, on 2 June 1858.
On 23 May 1864, the construction of a new building, designed to be the Liceo Theatre, began in the old Tetuán square and on the site of the old church of San Bartolomé el Viejo, where a new theatre (the present-day Principal Theatre) belonging to the Liceo Casino Company was also built. The building was designed by the architect Domingo Lareo and part of the stones of the old Tower of the Churruchaos, demolished in 1873, were used for its construction. It was inaugurated on 2 August 1878.
In 1892 the Liceo Casino lost ownership of the theatre, keeping the building that served as its headquarters, inside which important renovations have been carried out, such as the painting of the coffered room with allegories of the Arts and Letters by Demetrio Durán.
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