Old Theatre Mihai Eminescu [Oravita]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Oravita, Romania
description: theater in Oravița @nl
alternative label: Old Theatre Mihai Eminescu
EUTA building identifier: 4944
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Romania
City: Oravita
GPS: Point(21.7182 45.0408)
Wikidata source: Q18548490
opening date: 1817-10-05T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0168
context: No heritage theatre machinery The Old Theatre, named after the poet Mihai Eminescu, is the first edifice in the current Romanian cultural space that was built with the specific purpose of hosting theatre and music performances.
context: The designer and architect of the edifice was Ion Niuni, who had asked a friend from Vienna, Hieronymus Platzger, to copy for him the blueprints of the old Viennese Burgtheater. The project was adapted to the site by Francisc Knee, an Oravita native. The theatre is a historical and architectural monument, which retains the late baroque or Viennese baroque mark in the way the building is structured inside and out, in its facade and in the decorative elements.
Internal image: Teatrul „Mihai Eminescu” Oravița - interior.jpg
Address: Strada Mihai Eminescu 18, 325600 Oravița
Web: teatrul-vechi-mihai-eminescu-oravita
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Black Sea Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 5032
Note: Built 1814-1816 by Ion Niuni. Opened 5 Oct 1817. Currently used as a museum.