Location: Hlavná Street, Košice
The history of stage-craft in Košice has had tradition longer than 600 years. The present National Theatre was built more than 100 years ago and it took just two years to build it.
Adolf Lang – one of the most talented European architects of 19th century, who projected some buildings in Budapest and taught at universities in Vienna, Romania and Holland as well-became entrusted with the construction. It is built in the style of eclecticism with elements of Neo-baroque style and secession. The interior is richly decorated with plaster ornaments, the stage is lyre-shaped. The ceiling of the building is decorated with scenes from William Shakespeare’s tragedies Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The reconstruction of the building was needed in the 90’s and after that the theatre was included among the most beautiful theatre buildings in Europe.
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