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Fort Antoine Theatre

Coordinates: 43°43′58.99″N 7°25′40.66″E / 43.7330528°N 7.4279611°E / 43.7330528; 7.4279611
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43°43′58.99″N 7°25′40.66″E / 43.7330528°N 7.4279611°E / 43.7330528; 7.4279611

A late 19th-century view of Fort Antoine and Monte-Carlo.

The Fort Antoine Theatre is a small amphitheatre on the Avenue de la Quarantaine in the Monaco-Ville ward of Monaco. The fort hosts open air plays in the summer months.[1]

The theatre was originally constructed as a fortress in the early 18th-century before its destruction in 1944.[1] Prince Rainier III had the fortress rebuilt as a theatre in 1953.[1] The parapet of the fort is provided by pittosporum hedges.[1] The militaristic nature of its architecture has been retained with a watchtower and a pyramid of cannonballs at the centre of the theatre.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Fort Antoine". Visit Monaco - Fort Antoine. Visit Monaco. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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