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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1952 (creation); 1990 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorGonzález de León, Teodoroen_US
dc.creatorZabludovsky, Abrahamen_US
dc.date1952en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:49:37Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:49:37Z
dc.date.issued1952en_US
dc.identifier186578en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1851en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95772
dc.descriptionNational Auditorium (Spanish: Auditorio Nacional) is one of the main concert and performance centres in Mexico City, which also was a sports venue in the past. Constructed in 1952, it was used for volleyball and basketball matches of the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games and had seen performances of the San Francisco Ballet and New York Philharmonic in 1958. The auditorium was the venue for the gymnastics events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Auditorium houses the largest pipe organ in Latin America. It also has a small venue available for smaller events, which is called Auditorio Lunario. Since the 1970s it has been used primarily for international music, song, dance and film festivals, fairs and exhibitions. In 1990 the auditorium went through some reconstruction which brought it to the current design. In 2007 it was ranked the best concert venue in the world. Its total seating capacity is just under 10,000.; National Auditorium (Spanish: Auditorio Nacional) is one of the main concert and performance centres in Mexico City, which also was a sports venue in the past. Constructed in 1952, it was used for volleyball and basketball matches of the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games and had seen performances of the San Francisco Ballet and New York Philharmonic in 1958. The auditorium was the venue for the gymnastics events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Auditorium houses the largest pipe organ in Latin America. It also has a small venue available for smaller events, which is called Auditorio Lunario. Since the 1970s it has been used primarily for international music, song, dance and film festivals, fairs and exhibitions. In 1990 the auditorium went through some reconstruction which brought it to the current design. In 2007 it was ranked the best concert venue in the world. Its total seating capacity is just under 10,000. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/22/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumconcrete; stone; steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectOlympicsen_US
dc.subjectPerforming artsen_US
dc.subjectathletic arenaen_US
dc.subjectsports arenaen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleAuditorio Nacionalen_US
dc.title.alternativeNational Auditoriumen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-AN-A18en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeauditoriumen_US
vra.worktypeconcert hallen_US
dc.contributor.displayAbraham Zabludovsky (Mexican architect, 1924-2003); Teodoro González de León (Mexican architect, born 1926)en_US


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