The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bove and opened in 1825 with a neoclassical facade prominent enough to appear on Russian currency. It is home to the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera, among the oldest and best known ballet and opera companies in the world, and underwent an extensive six year renovation, reopening on 28 October 2011 with its acoustics and original condition restored.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountTverskoy District, Russia 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Bolshoi Theatre (Wikipedia)
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The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bove and opened in 1825 with a neoclassical facade prominent enough to appear on Russian currency. It is home to the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera, among the oldest and best known ballet and opera companies in the world, and underwent an extensive six year renovation, reopening on 28 October 2011 with its acoustics and original condition restored.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Opera House)
The Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большой театр, romanized: Bol'shoy teatr, IPA: [bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r], lit. 'Large Theater') is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre (Small Theatre) in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg (Hermit
In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Neoclassical architecture in Russia
View the Source 2. Bolshoi Theatre (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1776)
Wikidata item Q138908, property P571: 1776
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Tverskoy District, Russia
Wikidata item Q138908, property P131/P17 (location): Tverskoy District, Russia
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