Cervantes Theater
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The Cervantes Theater (Spanish: Teatro Cervantes) is located in the Mexican city of Guanajuato. The building is of stone in the colonial style, designed by José Martínez Cossio and inaugurated in 1979. It is a venue of the Festival Internacional Cervantino, but also holds other events during the rest of the year.
The theater is a rectangular stone building in colonial style, and includes a large wooden double door on its facade. In front of the building is the Plaza Allende, which contains statues of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza on horseback.[1][2] Inside, it has a capacity of 430 and a statue of writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.