La Monnaie, Brussels (BE) [Brussels, BE]
type: Item
label: Koninklijke Muntschouwburg @nl
label: La Monnaie @cs
label: La MonnaieDe Munt @it
label: Teatro Real de la Moneda @es
description: opera house in Brussels, Belgium
description: bouwwerk in Brussel @nl
alternative label: La Monnaie, Brussels (BE)
alternative label: Théâtre Royal de Bruxelles
alternative label: Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
alternative label: De Munt @nl
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Wikidata source: Q551479
EUTA building identifier: 1186
GPS: Point(4.3544 50.8495)
Country: Belgium
City: Brussels
Burnt down date: 1855-01-21T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1856-03-24T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135723
Internal image: Salle du Theatre Royal de la Monnaie 1 © Philippe De Gobert.jpg
Capacity: 1700
Address: Leopoldstraat 4, Brussel
Web: www.lamonnaiedemunt.be
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architectural style: neoclassicism
architectural style: postmodern architecture
Redevelopment date: 1820-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1840-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 1000
Importance: Not rated
city section: Pentagon
Building date: 1817-01-01T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 105
Wikidata instance: Q153562
architect: Louis-Emmanuel-Aimé Damesme
architect: Joseph Poelaert
significant person: Humanité Philastre
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/934-Theatre-Royal-de-la-Monnaie
Carthalia ID: 99
Modern Opera Houses ID: 196
Modern Opera Houses ID: 288
Note: i)
Note: ii)
Note: 2nd theatre built 1816-1819 as Théâtre Royal by Luois Emmanuel Aimé Damesme on a neighbouring site. Opened 25 May 1819. Destroyed by a fire on 21 Jan 1855.] Current theatre built 1855-1856 by Joseph Poelaert, on the site of the 2nd theatre, using the portico of the 2nd theatre. Opened 25 Mar 1856 with Halévy's Jaguarita. Stage house collapse in the 19th century, re-built in the 1950s. 1985-1986 major exterior and interior rebuilding and renovation by A.2R.C., Urbat, and Charles Candenhove. Originally 1200, today 1770 seats.
Source URL: scaenaductilis
Source URL: Theatre-Royal-de-la-Monnaie.rvb
reopening date: 1819-01-01T00:00:00Z
reopening date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
reopening date: 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today