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

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The square is now open, the statue has been removed. Built 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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The square is now open, the statue has been removed. Built 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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G. Massiot & cie
Circa 1910
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