25 November 2021 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, UNESCO World Heritage
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The Margravial Opera House (
German: Markgräfliches Opernhaus) is a
Baroque opera house in the town of
Bayreuth,
Germany, built between 1745 and 1750. It is one of Europe’s few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored. On 30 June 2012, the opera house was inscribed in the
UNESCO World Heritage List. It was built according to plans designed by the
French architect Joseph Saint-Pierre (ca. 1709 – 1754), court builder of the
Hohenzollern margrave
Frederick of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and his wife Princess
Wilhelmine of Prussia. It was inaugurated on the occasion of the marriage of their daughter
Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie with Duke
Charles Eugene of Württemberg.
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