Calle Mayor Esq. Cristina, Ponce, Puerto Rico. County/parish: Ponce.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 27, 2021. NRIS 100007054.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Teatro La Perla is a historic theater in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Inaugurated in 1864, it is the second oldest theater of its kind in Puerto Rico, but "the largest and most historic in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean." The theater was named La Perla in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat (Spanish: La Virgen de Montserrat), known as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean." It is located in barrio Tercero, in the Ponce Historic Zone.
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