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The Grand Theatre of Rabat. The Grand Theatre of Rabat (French: Grand Théâtre de Rabat; Arabic: المسرح الكبير للرباط, lit. 'The Great Theatre of Rabat') [1] is a large performing arts center in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco. The building is designed by Zaha Hadid and her architectural firm Zaha Hadid Architects. The ...
Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt. The Solís Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay.Opened in 1856 is the oldest opera house in South America.
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (Grand Canal Theatre) Main Auditorium 2009 2,100 Gaiety Theatre: Main Auditorium 1871 1,500 The Helix: The Mahony Hall 2002 1,260 Chamber Choir Ireland: Liberty Hall: Main Auditorium 1960 1,200 National Concert Hall: Main Auditorium 1981 1,200 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Olympia Theatre: Main Auditorium 1879 1,500
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Rabat (/ r ə ˈ b ɑː t /, also UK: / r ə ˈ b æ t /, US: / r ɑː ˈ b ɑː t /; [3] [4] [5] Arabic: الرباط, romanized: ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) [2] and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. It is also the ...
This was especially evident in some cities like the capital of Rabat, where grand new administrative buildings were designed in this style alongside European-style boulevards. [89] In some cases, the French also inserted Moroccan-looking structures in the fabric of the old cities, such as the Bab Bou Jeloud gate in Fes (completed in 1913 [ 97 ...
The later caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (ruled 1184–1199) embarked on a huge project to construct a new fortified imperial capital, called al-Mahdiyya or Ribat al-Fath, on the site of what is now the medina (old city) of Rabat, with new walls extending over a vast area beyond the old kasbah. [4]
View of the Kasbah of the Udayas from the city-facing side: the great gate is located uphill on the left. In 1150 or 1151, the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min built a new kasbah (citadel) over the site of a former Almoravid ribat on the southwest shore of the Bou Regreg River, within which he included a palace and a mosque.