The Lion and Sun Theater ( fa, تئاتر شیر و خورشید تبریز) or

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was a theater in

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which opened in 1927 and was destroyed in 1980.

Construction

The building started in the reign of

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi ( fa, رضا شاه پهلوی; ; originally Reza Khan (); 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian Officer (armed forces), military officer, politician (who served as Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), ...

under the order of lieutenant general

Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi Lieutenant general Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1884–1965) was a military leader and cabinet Minister of Iran. Born in 1884 in Isfahan, of an aristocratic Persian family, he is one of the planners of the coup d'état of Reza Pahlavi, Colonel Mohamma ...

to Red Lion and Sun Society. The design was inspired by the theater in

St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and was constructed with the help of Russian engineers and architects. Its construction was completed in 1927 and was inaugurated in September of the same year. The dimensions of the main hall were 30 by 10 meters. The hall had 16 lodges, each with six two-story porches and a total seating capacity of about 800. Around the floors, ceilings and entrance hallway there was a unique

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. In respect for the principles of acoustics, the sound reinforcement tools not need to use. Theater, fundamentally repaired by the

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. A special place was built for the orchestra. Curtains and chandeliers were replaced and the theater was inaugurated for a second time on March 28, 1946 by

Jafar Pishevari Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari ( fa, سید جعفر پیشه‌وری; 26 ( Azerbaijani: سید جعفر پیشهوری ) August, 1892 – 11 June, 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani communist politician who most-notably founded and led the Azerba ...

, head of the

Azerbaijan People's Government The Azerbaijan People's Government ( az, آذربایجان میللی حکومتی - Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti; fa, حکومت خودمختار آذربایجان) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from Nov ...

Destruction

The monument was destroyed in 1980 during construction for the Muslim

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prayers in Tabriz.

References

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