Opera house · Germany · Demolished
Kroll Opera House
The Kroll Opera House (Krolloper) was a 19th-century theatre and opera house on the western edge of the Königsplatz (today Platz der Republik) in Berlin, facing the Reichstag. Built in 1844 and repeatedly rebuilt and repurposed, it served as a major performance venue and later as the Reichstag assembly chamber before being damaged in World War II and demolished in 1951.
First raised
1844
Its prime
1929
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1929
What Kroll Opera House looked like in its prime.
A substantial 19th-century masonry opera house occupying the west edge of a broad ceremonial square, its rectangular mass rises two to three storeys with a continuous façade of regularly spaced window openings and a broad main entrance facing the square. A deeper auditorium block projects to the rear, its roofline higher than the entrance range. At prime the building was lit by electric lamps; outside there were planted promenades and an adjoining garden used for evening intermissions and open-air performances.
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8 places to explore in 1929.
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