Carl Ferdinand Langhans (14 January 1782 – 22 November 1869) was a

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whose specialty was designing theaters. Born in Breslau (Wrocław),

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, Langhans was the son of the architect

Carl Gotthard Langhans Carl Gotthard Langhans (15 December 1732 – 1 October 1808) was a Prussian master builder and royal architect. His churches, palaces, grand houses, interiors, city gates and theatres in Silesia (now Poland), Berlin, Potsdam and elsewhere bel ...

. Langhans' designs included opera houses in

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and

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in Breslau and

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, and the Berlin palace (''Altes Palais'') of Kaiser Wilhelm I. He is also remembered for his innovative pleorama entertainment. Langhans died in Berlin. His grave is preserved in the

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''Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde'' (Cemetery No. III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in

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, south of Hallesches Tor.

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* 1782 births 1869 deaths 19th-century German architects Architects from Wrocław People from the Province of Silesia Theatre architects {{germany-architect-stub