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Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France

Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, designed by Victor Louis, 1731–1800, and inaugurated in 1780, in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The building is neoclassical in style, with a portico of 12 Corinthian columns and an entablature with 12 statues representing 9 muses and 3 goddesses (Juno, Venus and Minerva), carved by Pierre-Francois Berruer and his assistant Van den Drix. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, designed by Victor Louis, 1731–1800, and inaugurated in 1780, in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The building is neoclassical in style, with a portico of 12 Corinthian columns and an entablature with 12 statues representing 9 muses and 3 goddesses (Juno, Venus and Minerva), carved by Pierre-Francois Berruer and his assistant Van den Drix. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen