Girona

Teatro de Girona: The first theater in the city of Girona was documented in 1769, when the city decided to use drama as comedy. It was a local theater and was used only occasionally. It was also known for being highly flammable and dangerous.

As inadequate facilities in the municipality undertook to reform the theater, Pallol demolished the building and started between 1857 and 1860 with a modern theater designed by city architect Marti Sureda.

The new theater, shaped like a horseshoe and a large box with scenic patterns of Elizabethan theaters at that time appeared throughout Spain. Until 1900 the Italian Opera and Zarzuela dominated the theatrical scene, as in other theaters in Spain.

Since 1900 this monopoly was cut short, and Wagnerian operas were planned, with little or no success. The growth of Catalan companies, the consolidation of the zarzuela, and the boom in theater marked the period until 1936, the year in which the theater was no longer private and was socialized by the CNT.

The programming was changed dramatically and represented pedagogical works: socialist, anarchist, and works that lifted revolution. Then the drama happened at the hands of the council, who put it on auction management and recovered the old programming.

During the period of 1955 to 1975, theatrical activity was very low and had very low quality, since the council assumed direct management and preferred to have just closed it down.

Because of this, the intellectuals of the age groups made a weekly appearance, known as the gray years. This group undertook a dramatic renovation by the hands of Joan Ribas and the Proscenium group.

Since 1975 the theater lost activity but recovered substantially, changing the line that traditionally followed. The zarzuelas, operas, and operettas lost their space, and the room and the theater (mostly in Catalan) have been modern and classic in all its programming. The theater began a process of renovation in 1999 and reopened its doors in 2006 or 2007.

Girona is the capital of the homonymous province and the region of Girona. It belongs to the realm of Comarques Gironines and the Urban System of Girona according to the Territorial Plan of Catalonia.

Girona is bordered to the north by San Julian de Ramis and Sarria de Ter, Celra the east, Juya Quart to the southeast, Fornells de la Selva, VILABLAREIX, and Salt to the southwest, and to the west by San Gregorio. Is the center of the urban area of Girona. It spans across rivers Ter, Guell, Galligans, and Onar and is 75 m above sea level.

The Planet Hall: The Planet Hall was created in 1987 by company director of the Proscenium Girona theater Joan Ribas. It is the second theater in the city and hosts small shows—those that are not included in the large theater circuits.

University of Girona

The current University of Girona is the highest educational institution in the city. Created in 1992 from the General Survey of Girona, a section attached to the Autonomous University of Barcelona meant the first recovery of Girona in college since 1717, the year in which the university was closed by order of Girona of Philip V.

The facilities of the university today are divided into three campuses: the Old Town, the City Center (Campus Center), and Montilivi.