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presented a beautiful sight: totally occupied, in all its various sections: the room is small, but elegant, its decoration is simple and artistic, its graceful form and cheerful appearance. And like the Hall, it is the entire
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In 1936, the theater began a remodeling process: Inside, the independent boxes located on the first floor surrounding the stalls and the high boxes located above them on the second level were eliminated; the dome is eradicated and one more floor is added to the structure. All this in order to adapt
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comfortable and cheerful hall with a beautiful view over the Plaza Zela (currently disappeared). The
Architect Mr. Claude Sahut, author of the work, can be considered satisfied because he has removed from a field, really reduced, an elegant building, which is an adornment of the capital.
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ordered the expropriation of the site. Later, it was declared a
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