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The Unfinished Theatre of Lublin is reborn after 40 years under construction

The Unfinished Theatre of Lublin is reborn after 40 years under construction

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Centrum Spotkania Kultur The Unfinished Theatre of Lublin is reborn a:er 40 years under construc?on The "Unfinished Theatre" is the name which the inhabitants of Lublin nicknamed the old building that has occupied the city centre for more than 40 years. With construc@on star@ng in 1960, promoted by communist authori@es, it was set to be Europe's largest opera palace. Funding problems at the start, together with the economic crisis of the 1980s and then poli@cal changes, leI the unfinished building as a metaphor for a society that went down in history. AIer an interven@on from the Stelmach Partnerzy architectural studio, the new Centrum Spotkania Kultur (Centre for the Mee@ng of Cultures) was created to convey a single idea: Lublin is part of the Europe of XXI century. The Centre's programm

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