Teatro Municipal de Lima

This guide to the Teatro Municipal de Lima follows the theater through the earthquakes it survived since opening in 1920, and the fire that finally undid it on August 2, 1998, when a backstage short circuit during a rehearsal gutted most of the building. It traces the twelve dark years the shell stood on Jiron Ica while the city argued over funding, before rebuilding finally began around 2008. Stand before the restored facade and look at the gold leaf redone after the fire.