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Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg Gent: Facade, viewed from St. Bavo's Square

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The square is now open, the statue has been removed.\u000a\u000aBuilt at the end of the 19th century after a design by architect Edmond De Vigne. The large sgraffito-painted tympanum is an allegorical tableau depicting Apollo and the Muses by Constant Montald. The architectural style of the theatre's interior is neo-Renaissance and eclecticism. The theater company in Ghent was dissolved after WWII and not reestablished until 1965 with the founding of NTG (Nederlands Toneel Gent/ Dutch Theater Ghent). The former name (1871-1945) was Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg Gent (the Dutch Royal Theater, Ghent).

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Public Theater, Ghent

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Ghent|+51.053462+3.725745|Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Renaissance Revival', 'Nineteenth century']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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