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Around 1916, outdoor cinemas first arrived in Berlin, Germany. [2] During the 1920s, many "rooftop theatres" converted to cinema use. [citation needed] One example of this was the Loew's New York, located on Times Square. [citation needed] In 1951, National Theater (Manhattan) rooftop theatre re-opened as a cinema. [3]
Greece: Argolis: Epidaurus: Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus: Greek theatre 14,000 Attica: Athens: Lycabettus Theatre: Not covered 3,000 Odeon of Herodes Atticus: Not covered 5,000 Katrakio Theatre: Not covered 5,000 Petra Theatre Not covered 4,000 Theater of the Rocks "Melina Merkouri" Not covered 2,800 Piraeus: Veakio Theatre: Not covered 2,000 ...
Athena Cinema. The Athena Cinema is a movie theater in Athens, Ohio that has been continuously operating since 1915. Originally called Majestic Theatre, the name was eventually changed to Schine's Athena before its current incarnation, The Athena Cinema. Today, it is owned by Ohio University.
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Greek: Ωδείο Ηρώδου του Αττικού; also called Herodeion or Herodion; [1] Greek: Ηρώδειο) is a stone Roman theatre [2] structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950.
At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, and the theatre was institutionalised there as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus. Tragedy (late 500 BC), comedy (490 BC), and the satyr play were the three dramatic genres ...
The Theatre at Athens From Dorpfeld and Reisch, Das griechische Theater (Athens, 1896), as presented in the article on "Theatre" from the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. ab, double western wall. bc, single wall. aa, gg, walls terminating wings of auditorium. b, f, entrances. c, the "katatome" (where the rock of the Acropolis was met ...
A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.
View of the Theatre and Sanctuary of Dionysus from the west. The Theatre of Dionysus [1] (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Dionysus the Liberator [2]).