Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador

Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador is a theatre on carrer de Lluís Companys, in the Templers-Instituts quarter of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It's remarkable for its striking modernista-Art Nouveau architecture, unusual for a former slaughterhouse, a work by the Tarragona-born architect Francesc de Paula Morera i Gatell, nowadays refurbished and complete with some 1990s additions.

Photo: Teatrescorxador, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Theater
Description: theater in Lleida, Catalonia
Also known as: “Teatre de l’Escoxador”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Public Library of Lleida and Lleida Museum.

Public Library of Lleida

Library

Photo: Aspoleta, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Public Library of Lleida, also formerly called Biblioteca Pública de la Maternitat, is a public library in the city of Lleida. Its legal owner is the Generalitat de Catalunya. Public Library of Lleida is situated 340 metres east of Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador.

Lleida Museum

Museum

Photo: Galifardeu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lleida Museum, officially the Diocesan and Comarcal Lleida Museum, is an art and history museum located in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Lleida city council, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida and the comarcal council of Segrià, of which Lleida is the capital. Lleida Museum is situated 440 metres east of Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador.

Gardeny Castle

Castle

Photo: Manuel Portero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gardeny Castle is a 12th-century Romanesque fort built by the Knights Templar at Lleida. Located on a neighbouring hill, just over a mile away, from Lleida's main fortress, the Castle of La Suda, Gardeny defended the only accessible side of that castle. Gardeny Castle is situated 430 metres south of Teatre Municipal de l’Escorxador.