Teatro di San Carlo: View of facade

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

The Real Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest continuously active such venue in Europe and it is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Founded by the Bourbon Charles VII of Naples (Carlo III in Italian), the theatre was inaugurated on 4 November 1737, the king's name day. The original architect was Giovanni Antonio Medrano. On 12 February 1816 the San Carlo was destroyed by fire. However, it was re-designed by the architect Antonio Niccolini and rebuilt within ten months on order of King Ferdinand IV, another Bourbon monarch and son of Charles III.

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San Carlo Theatre

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

Naples, Campania, Italy: Via San Carlo 98|Naples|+40.8375+14.249444

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Neoclassical

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

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Decorative arts Theaters Architecture

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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