Germany's Bayreuth Opera named UNESCO world heritage site
AFP
BERLIN- Germany's Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, famous for its annual Wagner festival, joins the list of sites classed by UN cultural body UNESCO as world heritage, the organisation said on Saturday.
The World Heritage Committee, which is meeting in Saint Petersburg, called the opera house "a unique monument of European baroque music festival culture", UNESCO's German Commission said in a statement.
Built between 1746 and 1750 by Italian architecht Guiseppe Galli Bibiena for margrave Frederick III of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, the opera house has a ballroom typical of the Absolutist society at the time with wooden dressing rooms, unique streaked marble and painted decoration.
"Even the acoustic sounds like it did 270 years ago," according to UNESCO.
The opera becomes the 37th site in Germany named onto UNESCO's prestigious list, making the country one of the most prolific in World Heritage sites.
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