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.
The theatre was originally constructed as a fortress in the early 18th-century before its destruction in 1944.
had the fortress rebuilt as a theatre in 1953.
The
parapet of the fort is provided by
pittosporum hedges.
The militaristic nature of its architecture has been retained with a
bartizan and a pyramid of cannonballs at the centre of the theatre.
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18th-century fortifications
Theatres completed in 1853
1953 establishments in Monaco
Amphitheaters
Coastal fortifications
Fortifications in Monaco
Theatres in Monaco
Monaco-Ville
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