Teatro Fernando Calderón y Beltrán
Theater Calderón. (In Honor to the playwright Fernando Calderón Y Beltrán). He was born in July 20, 1809 in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco and died in January 18, 1845 in the city of Ojocaliente, Zacatecas. He is considered as the son of the state of Zacatecas, he dedicates his entire life and intelligence to that city, he was a lawyer and a lyric and dramatic poet. The theatre in Zacatecas has his name because of the charge he got. (Rodriguez, 1977: 605-606)
The tianguis market happen at the end of the 16th century where today is located the Theatre Calderón, after the tianguis market was moved to another place, there they put a jail called Ex Jail of Santo Domingo.
This old jail was built in the second Street of San Francisco (now a days Avenida Hidalgo), than it was change as a tianguis, a place that is the theater calderón now. It was their builders Nicolas De Leon Boca Negra and Francisco Alonso that spent 1,167 dollars to make the changes. The Dominicos requested to move to the temple and in 1785 they took posesion of this temple. Later it was called Jail of Santo Domingo, the Jesuitas made a school named PurÍsima Concepción. (Rodriguez, 1977:159)