El Limbo de Dante en el Teatro Degollado
The Degollado Theater is one of the three emblematic monuments of Guadalajara's imagery. Next to the Cathedral and the Cabañas Hospice, this neoclassical performing arts venue has given identity and heritage to the capital of Jalisco. Since its inauguration on September 13, 1866, it has received praise from everyone from Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera to Agustín Yáñez and Eduardo Lizalde, for example, as a venue par excellence for theater, opera, dance, and literary galas. The building houses within its vaulted hall a cultural treasure that deserves to be more than "the best-kept secret." This 19th-century gem is the oil mural that the architect who built the coliseum, Jacobo Gálvez, painted with the collaboration of Gerardo Suárez and Carlos Villaseñor. This is a large-scale recreation of Canto IV of the Inferno from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. No other tribute of such importance and b...read more
