TEATRO VICTORIA EUGENIA

With a classic Belle Époque(Golden Age) design but with a bang up-to-the-minute spirit. That’s the Victoria Eugenia Theatre. Situated in the heart of the city looking over towards the Kursaal, and on the banks of the River Urumea, the Victoria Eugenia provides visitors with a varied and constantly changing programme. With Plateresque decorative motifs together with shapes from the Spanish Renaissance carved into the sandstone walls, the theatre was created by architect Francisco de Urcola in 1912. The façade, over the Doric columns, is carved with four groups of sculptures representing opera, tragedy, comedy and drama. For decades the Victoria Eugenia Theatre has been the main venue of the International Film Festival, and since it was restored in 2007 it’s had new facilities and the latest audio-visual equipment available.