Power stages. evolution of theatrical architecture in 17th century spain: From circumstance to permanence in the buen retiro coliseum

Abstract

Until the construction of the Coliseum of the Palacio de El Buen Retiro there was no permanent location or headquarters for shows and theatrical representations in the Spain of the Habsburgs. For this reason, the different courts celebrations were transferred as the monarchs moved through the different palatine residences of the different Royal Sites, which circled or surrounded the capital. It is proposed a journey through the first samples of Italian influence to the configuration of court theatrical architecture in Spain, throughout the seventeenth century.