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Photographer: Joseph Löwy (via Wikimedia Commons)
Taken: Circa 1898
Caption: Wiener Staatsoper
Additional Description: The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. The opera house was inaugurated as the "Vienna Court Opera" (Wiener Hofoper) in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It became known by its current name after the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1921.... - Wikipedia
Submitted: December 20, 2022.
Database Locator Identification Number: p696419
File Size: 0.385 Megabytes

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