Schauspielhaus mit Schillerplatz und Französischen Dom

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At the same time as the Germans, the French reformed community received the northern bare on the French road of Elector Friedrich III. gift. After the largest part of the building material had also made it available, the foundation stone was laid on March 1, 1701, the inauguration on March 1, 1705. The design came from Lean Louis Cayat, the execution led Abraham Quesnay. According to Carl von Gontard 1780-85, the tower with tambour was carried out at the same time as the opposite twin building of the new church under the direction of Georg Christian Unger. In 1883 the renovation of the outdoor construction and some work in the interior was renovated. In May 1945, the construction complex damaged was restored in 1978-83, the tower opened in 1987. Links the playhouse built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1818-21, still without disguised facade. This work would not be carried out until 1883/84. Before that, the Marmenkmal, unveiled in 1871, stands for Friedrich Schiller by Reinhold Begas.