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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

A Mesoamerican temple with a two-ton chandelier survived a century of San Antonio. The Aztec Theatre at 104 North St. Mary's Street opened on 4 June 1926 - 6,000 people mobbed the doors, 3,000 got in - as one of only three theatres ever designed by Meyer and Holler, the firm behind Hollywood's Egyptian and Chinese. Its 1.75-million-dollar interior recreates a Hollywood dream of pre-Columbian splendour: stone warrior statues, vividly painted columns, murals reproducing Mesoamerican artifacts, and...